Stumbled across this in a magazine at work. Similar to those jet packs with wings except this one is solely intended to change the glide slope of a paratropper.

Seems JetCat is finding some other ways to help pay the bills. [8D]

PaulD

I couldn't help but laugh at the thread title....

I'm still recovering from a great but long weekend of flying and driving[8D]

lol what a title !!! I bet a few people get excited about that for all the wrong reasons !!!

The best part is, after a night of eating mexican, you have a built in afterburner

haaaa.....thank god i wasn't the only one standing around laughing at the title.

" Similar to those jet packs with wings except this one is solely intended to change the glide slope of a paratropper."

Wouldn´t be easier stay a little longer in the airplane before jumping? [sm=confused.gif]

Dammit, now I have coffee everywhere!!!

The idea is to get the soldier into territory that the drop aircraft can't fly over.

Even a 10:1 ratio from 11k would put the soldier 20 miles across a border.

You've gotta think outside the box a bit. Maybe you wanted to get someone into an airspace where an aircraft would easily be detected...

PaulD

Mexican food? HA HA Talk about a wet start!!

From the thread title, I didn't think of "outside the box" once LMAO!!!

Well I just figured it would be a picture of a P-160 or something. I didn't even figure one of those needed a "strap" to be a "strap on", per se

I thought of it, but even so it doesn´t makes much sense: Ok. it glides at 23:1 but for how long, presuming how thirsty a turbine is and how little fuel the strap could carry?

The extra range this jet pack gives for a jumper is irrelevant for any defense system.. the aircraft will be detected anyway.

p.s. not to mention the dead extra weight... what will you prefer, land in hostile territory with model turbine strapped on you or having weapons and amunition?

Well, just look at it this way, it's your tax dollars at work supporting a manufacture that we'd all be very sad they were gone if they ended up going under :P

well, not exactly my tax money.... anyways i would prefer to see you guys spending more in space exploration than in jetcat powered stormtroopers..

so what happens with a compressor faillure?[:@][:@]

Typical Goverment operation.... 25K for a hammer, 30K for a toilet seat, God know haw much for a Strap-On. !!!! I've seen 12V, 110V,220V, even propane and diesel strap-ons..... But now Jet-A that flies !!!!! Get out of here !!!!!


Danno[sm=tongue_smile.gif]

Good news for the modellers in any country they invade, I'm sure they won't be carrying it around once they land. - John.

Great idea! So if you see a parachutist that sounds like a turbine, FOLLOW HIM! you're likely to be rewarded! [sm=tongue_smile.gif]

PaulD

yes you can get killed, laughing to death!

Vasectomy?

You got the dead part right!