Screw the GS!

[twowheelnut]

Yanked this off of ST.n:

The Ultimate Rush

 

[Ramblin Man]

I always wonderd why no one ever made a "sky luge". A jet shaped one man glider for paratroopers. Something you could do a high altitude jump with and glide wicked fast for a couple hundred miles. Like riding a sled laying down face first. Man that would be kick ***.

 

[airboss]

FANTASTIC! don't forget atgatt-------don't want to roast anything.

 

[tripletango]

Now that is super neato. The next one will be fully aerobatic!

 

[ionbeam]

I look at the turbine's exhaust proximity to the feet wonder if it doesn't a little warm

Go here and copy/paste this:

https://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html into the "Translate a Web Page" box; select French to English and click "Translate". You will get a brute force word for word translation of the web page (without regard to syntax).

As a long time hang glider I don't see a whole lot of advantages over my non powered wing. With a performance glider wing like a WillsWing U2-160 flight speeds can get pretty high and it will turn and maneuver much better than the powered wing. With good pre-flight planning it is possible to do extended flights with a hang glider. Now, if they can figure out a way to foot launch the powered wing, sign me up!

 

[radman]

I would be on that in a nano-second (thats really fast for those of you in Hooterville).

 

[TheAxeman]

I'm afraid my balls aren't big enough to strap myself to that thing....

 

[MikeYork5]

:glare: I wonder if I could take out about a 1M insurance policy on this dude with me as beneficiary - he ain't long for this world, pretty cool though.

 

[Groo]

Good luck the first time he hits turbulence... or better yet, a flock of geese....

 

[dcarver]

You guyz all sound like a bunch of granny-FJR riders. Come on now... That thing rocks! The closest you will ever get to truly flying. I wonder what the top end speed is? I nominate TWN to go first! :blink:

 

[ionbeam]

I wonder what the top end speed is?

It mentions 180 kph ~111 mph).

 

[Fencer]

english version here

more here

"Crossing the Lake of Geneva gliding with a 2m50 [SIZE=18pt]inflatable [/SIZE] wing on the back"

 

[BugR]

That is just cool

Chris

 

[throttlejockeyTJ]

They going to make any more James Bond movies...

 

[Scab]

Alright, Timmy-boy. You're totally out of control now. I'm going to have to call your mother.

 

[twowheelnut]

Alright, Timmy-boy. You're totally out of control now. I'm going to have to call your mother.

Oh, no! Please don't do that... she still doesn't know about the motorcycles! (I ain't kiddin', either!)

 

[Toecutter]

Good luck the first time he hits turbulence... or better yet, a flock of geese....

Or a seagull.

 

[Rickster]

Obviously a fake video. Amazing what you can do with CG these days.

If that were real -- you'd see him talking on a cell phone and cutting off the other aircraft.

 

[madmike2]

Good luck the first time he hits turbulence... or better yet, a flock of geese....

I was wondering how big the [SIZE=18pt]"SSPPLAAAATTTT"[/SIZE]

would be on the face of El Capitan in Yosemite? It does remind me of the move "The Rocketeer". :yahoo:

As for ME strapping that gizmo/watchamacallit onto this er, uhm, rotund body....not likely. But I'd like to watch TWN do so. :clapping: