Comments on: Hovering in History

By: Samillionaire

Samillionaire — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:22:37 +0000

how about an inspector gadget helicopter hat?

By: dacoobob

dacoobob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:16:12 +0000

It’s not military, but these guys make a commercial one-man helicopter: http://www.airscooter.com. Very cool.

By: aivars

aivars — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:43:23 +0000

junebee said: "Hey, how come nobody tried tieing some balloons onto a lawn chair?!"

uh...mythbusters did that in [i think] season 2...maybe season 1

mohdowais said: "What about this guy? He seems to have done pretty well with a jetpack. That, or this video is totally fake

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video//stunts/Jetpack_Man/ (sorry dont know how to link yet)"

they have made some personal jetpacks, but they were very limited range b/c of fuel and.....

Bill Koch said: "How come we don't all have personal jetpacks yet?!"

we would, however the tech required was patented and hence stoled the the US military for their cruise missile engines. as such, we poor scum arent allowed them *sniff*

By: Misfit

Misfit — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:14:39 +0000

Theyyyyyyy’re workin’ on it! Hopefully the flying car will arrive soon, but let’s all just hope that they safety bug the hell outta those things before they start selling them to people.

By: Romeo702

Romeo702 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:44:42 +0000

It is good to know someone is taking the flying car concept seriously however.

http://www.moller.com/skycar/

By: Romeo702

Romeo702 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:41:06 +0000

senorstu said: "Juan does…

http://tinyurl.com/y5pwds"

Devils in the details - the steam reaches 1300F degrees. Screw up your landing or get your leg in the blast and you wont be riding a jetpack anymore- just a wheelchair.

By: misanthrope

misanthrope — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:01:37 +0000

junebee said: “Hey, how come nobody tried tieing some balloons onto a lawn chair?!”

They have – http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp

It would probably make a good DI story in itself…

By: erikmartin

erikmartin — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:11:36 +0000

Gee, I wonder what mishap might have happened to give them the idea to put the helicopter blades above the pilot instead of below!

By: Q

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:56:26 +0000

CanInternet said: “$ 32,500 buys you this little toy:

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/the_worlds_smallest_one_person_helicopter.php“

Forget that, I want my Little Nellie!
http://blogs.chron.com/lightflight/archives/2006/04/gyrocopters.html

By: CanInternet

CanInternet — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:04:45 +0000

deja vu