Comments on: Martin Jetpack: It lives! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/27/martin-jetpack-it-lives/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:53:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: Jaspio http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/27/martin-jetpack-it-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-786702 Jaspio Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:17:58 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=31291#comment-786702 Not only is this not a jet pack: every video to date shows this thing "flying" a mere 2 feet above the ground with technicians holding on to the contraption. Is the pilot actually in control of the device? Or are the technicians steering and is the jet pack only providing the lift? This is more like the real thing! http://ariztravel.com/2008/07/08/grand-canyon-view-from-a-jetpack/ Not only is this not a jet pack: every video to date shows this thing “flying” a mere 2 feet above the ground with technicians holding on to the contraption.

Is the pilot actually in control of the device? Or are the technicians steering and is the jet pack only providing the lift?

This is more like the real thing!
http://ariztravel.com/2008/07/08/grand-canyon-view-from-a-jetpack/

]]> By: Luke http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/27/martin-jetpack-it-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-785464 Luke Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:54:26 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=31291#comment-785464 I saw it on ABC news this morning and will see it at Oshkosh. It looks more like a ducted fan back pack. I saw it on ABC news this morning and will see it at Oshkosh. It looks more like a ducted fan back pack.

]]> By: Shane http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/27/martin-jetpack-it-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-785242 Shane Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:30:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=31291#comment-785242 Saw this on the NZ news tonight... its the real deal! Very cool Saw this on the NZ news tonight… its the real deal! Very cool

]]> By: Michael http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/27/martin-jetpack-it-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-783575 Michael Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:49:23 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=31291#comment-783575 Just the smallest of details, if you will, but I see no jetpack, I see feet being lifted off the ground, and I see a camera being carried across the grass by some unshown object. No jetpack, though. So this video doesn't impress me a whole lot, no. Just the smallest of details, if you will, but I see no jetpack, I see feet being lifted off the ground, and I see a camera being carried across the grass by some unshown object. No jetpack, though. So this video doesn’t impress me a whole lot, no.

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