I ran into this when checking the AMT website a few days ago www.amtjets.com
Then did a search and this article seems one of the better ones with
some technical detail and photos.
http://www.gizmag.com/jetpack-aviation-new-york-flight/40286/
Made ABC news online this morning too.
What I found amazing as that I though his autostab and control system
must be pretty good as it seems to fly so smoothly and steadily but
as the article makes clear there isn't one. Astounding!
Those AMT Nike engines are 80 Kg thrust each and two, as on the
jetpack, will happily launch the heaviest Open Class gliders with
good single engine performance.
As is being shown by Yves Rossi and now David Mayman, the engines
seem to be robust and give little operational trouble.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
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