Jetpack to be Sold for $100K Posted on 08.1.2008 15:21
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| prototype | funnyEver dreamed of being the Rocketeer? Well thankfully New Zealander Glenn Martin has had such dreams. The 48-year-old spent 27 years developing, what he considers, the first practical jetpack. Weighing 250-pounds the Martin Jetpack is powered by a 200bhp V4 engine providing 600 pounds of thrust. Right now it will only hover at about six feet, but the engineering team reckon they'll have that up to 600 feet within a year. The jetpack has a range of about 30 miles, and will use up its fuel (...)Permalink | Comments
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