February 1st, 2008Cheap Rocket Jetpacks At Last
Ever since James Bond strapped on that Bell Textron rocket belt in the opening segment of Thunderball I have wanted one. I was convinced back then (1965) that we’d all have one by now and I recall thinking it would be fun to take one on my annual holiday on the Moon…
The reality back then was jetpacks had a flight time of around 30 seconds, and were more or less guaranteed to kill anyone, other than a certified test pilot in all senses of the word stone dead on its first outing.
This spring I’ll be a little closer to realising that dream when Thunderbolt Aerosystems plan to market a Hydrogen Peroxide fuelled Thunderpack called TP-R2G, and it’ll be a snip at only £45,000, or thereabouts. A dual-fuel version (petrol and methanol) will be available later in the year for just £5,000 more. Read the rest of this entry »
