This Is What It Looks Like to ‘Fly’ With a Water-Powered Jetpack
- Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:46pm by
Liz Klimas
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Water sports continue to get more exciting. Back in July we brought you the video of a jetpack demo gone wrong – on live TV no less. Now, here is what it looks like when one goes right.
This hydro-power jetpack runs on at least 100 horsepower and mixes with the skills and tricks of competitive diving. Whether you want to flip, dive, barrel roll or stand stagnant 30 plus feet high, this amazing Flyboard has you covered.
Watch the demo:
The Daily Mail reports that this “Iron Man-style” Flyboard was built by Franky Zapata of Marseille, a water sports enthusiast. As you can see, the user isn’t completely free to fly around being tethered to a Jet Ski. The user wears boots that are attached to water jets and controls his or her movement by shifting his or her body and using hand-guided nozzles.
The Daily Mail has more:
Earlier this year much excitement was generated by the water-powered Jetlev jetpack, but the difference with the Flyboard is that you can dive back in the water and out again.
The other difference is the price. The Jetlev costs an eye-watering £60,000, but the basic Flyboard model comes in at £4200.
They share similar mechanics, though, with water being sucked from the ocean through a huge hose attached to a Jet Ski and blasted back out again.
The pressure of the water jet stream is controlled by the Jet Ski operator, which has to have 100 horsepower or more to operate the jetpack.
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Comments (67)
godhatesacoward
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:06pmVery impractical but very f’n cool!
Report Post »rcw_68
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:45pmAt .42 sec I was like “yea…go flipper”
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:23pm@godhatesacoward,
“Very impractical but very f’n cool!”
I could maybe see a use for it as a way to greatly reduce the cost of ferrying goods.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:50pmWaterproof the circuitry, put on a SCUBA tank and mask and STAY UNDERWATER! That’s the application I see. Hi speed underwater rescues or just for fun.
Report Post »Reddwarf201
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:52pmDoes it have a practical application or is it just cool?
Report Post »dread_pirate_roberts
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:16pmJust….way cool me mateys!!!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:20pmProbably only in the movies, OR MILITARY! Imagine the_____ (pick your unfriendly nation with a navy ) when they’re watching for subs, or battleships and suddenly one of these surfaces beside them! With the proper adaptation , disguising, AND, the ability to carry waterproof weaponry? Many nations seamen are extremely supersititious about SEA MONSTERS!!!! (Maybe this is what the Loch Ness really was, just ahead of it’s time!)
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On a lighter note, AWESOME, if I was 40 yrs younger and a much better swimmer, Wow! It’d be sooooo much fun. (Until you hit the water at that pressure!)
banjarmon
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:34pmWild…ride
Report Post »dread_pirate_roberts
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:15pmJust what a good FL boy needs…3 to 4 weeks of an awesome ride, then 4 to 6 years in the garage secondary to no time. Heck, I’d walk the plank with one of those bad boys strapped on.
Report Post »Esq.
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:46pmIt isn’t a “Water-Powered Jetpack,” it is a Water-Propelled Jetpack. Water does not power the device, it is merely the substance used to propel the rider.
Report Post »Charles
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:53pmYes its a gasoline powered water propelled jet pack. Now if it really was water powered it would be more than a toy!
Report Post »pete46
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:11pmI would so break my 51 yr old neck!
Report Post »BUT!
I‘d have fun do’in it!
Stoic one
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:38pmditto @ 55
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:54pmMaybe,with the profits,they can hire a translator
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:41pmI see the lawyers loving this thing and why does it make you talk funny?
Report Post »amd1044
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:57pmI think I heard her say egg roll! I love chinese!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:38pmProbably said she “TOSSED HER EGGROLL AFTERWARD, BUT IT WAS FUN!”
Report Post »stealthyk9
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:34pmThe Obama administration and enviro-weanies will never allow this device to be used in U.S. waters because it does not pass the “green” technology smell-test.
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:33pmPrefer Jet Man flying with the real jets. This is still too attached to be free.
Report Post »WashingtonIsMyHero
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:06pmWhere are the flyin’ cars?
Report Post »LostDog54
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:42pmIm still waiting for the hover board….
Report Post »josh345
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:42pmpretty cool, but kinda useless. whatever, guess there’s no news today.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:31pmPretty cool, I guess. But the music… horrific.
Report Post »randy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:31pmMost likely Obama sold the French the technology for it :) Those wacky Frenchmen!
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:28pmCOOL!
Report Post »I can’t swim.
Like the MUSIC – WHAT’S THE NAME OF IT? :)
randy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:54pm“Love Lost” by “The Temper Trap”
Report Post »They have an app for that called “Sound Hound”
eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:56pmThanks Randy,
I really do appreciate the information.
Have a Good One!
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:33pmI always turn off the sound when music accompanies a video. If I want to listen to music I will play music.
Report Post »robgc1
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:27pmthis was in popular mechanics also…it looks kick a$$…add to my list for santa lol
Report Post »manuelbetten
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:26pmWhat a waste of human effort, why not a new major water way to Texas to irrigate the dry land or high speed rail to connect all the US cities?
Report Post »CaffeineJunkie
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:35pmUh… because it was made in France?
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:35pm@CaffeineJunkie
Report Post »Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:35pm
Uh… because it was made in France?
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Not exactly the wet bike has an Austrian engine a propulsion system body made in Canada
Mil Mom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:34pmBecause the FRENCH built it, they aren’t at all worried about the US as long as we still fund NATO & THE UN!
Report Post »EPROM
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:25pm…………………………….Makes me want to pee.
Report Post »jrandolph1200
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:23pmTotally Cool!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:11pmDid not the Mythbusters already do this?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:17pmPretty sure they did and they also pointed out the limitation of the hose. Probably another $million military research project sending money to a needy Senator’s former colleague or campaign manager. I’m thinking the self contained rocket packs are a better way to go.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:19pmImagine this: Connect that pump to the WHite House plumbing system and pay obama an oval office visit. WHHHhhhhhoooooooooooooo!
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:10pmSomeone out there should dub this thing in Engrish and send it back to the Blaze! The more inaccurate the better! That’d make a better article!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:08pmI want one!!!
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:04pmWhat an amazing invention to be able to fly above and dive into the water…sorry that I’m so fearful of water. Amazing.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:56pmComments (0)
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:06pmThe last time they said something like…wanna see how it looks to go 400mph? (or something)…I was expecting to see the view from the inside out..it would be nice to see from both angles..like a virtual reality.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:16pmHa, I first read it as what it looks like to A fly with a jet pack. What? I had to read it again.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:55pmWhy?
Report Post »Obama's Sword of Truth
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:57pmBecause this is America, damnit!
Report Post »Christianmandoad
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:15pmIt’s France you moron.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:24pmWhy?
Because this is America, damnit!
It’s France you moron.
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Classic! I needed that laugh… thanks THX for asking… thanks OBAMA’S SWORD for being an idiot… and thanks CHRISTIAN for calling a spade a spade!
Report Post »Obama's Sword of Truth
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:00pmI’ll be honest, I just watched the video lol. I got called out, I’m even laughing about it haha. Moron is indeed deserved for this one.
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