+1, but not if you are standing on it...!!!!
On 5/3/16 6:38 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Be fun to see pop stalls due to ingestion.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:36 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air
As much programming they are doing to control this, I imagine a "launch
mode".. Shoots you off the ground to 50 feet. This sort of device
suffers from self ingestion problems when hovering close to the ground,
observe the grid they launch off of. No problem iff you immediately
start moving up or sideways. So there could be a ground movement mode
that requires horizontal movement and keeps you 2-3 feet off ground.
If you immediately zoom to 50 feet that gets you to where a BRS chute
can save you.
On 5/3/16 6:29 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I don't want to fall from the range of 5 feet to 50 feet.
Perhaps if you always launch off the top of a 50 foot platform.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 11:06 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air
The issue is coming up with a way for a personal BRS product. BRS has
saves as low as 50 feet http://brsparachutes.com/lives_saved.aspx
So that makes it a matter of getting off the ground and then up to a
"safe" altitude...
On 5/2/16 8:43 PM, Jay Weekley wrote:
I understand there a minimum height where a parachute won't deploy.
I imagine if you're 200 feet above ground or water and you fall off
of that thing you're in a lot of trouble.
Jason McKemie wrote:
Yeah, I think the article said that he already had to bail on it
once - not good at 10k feet...
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Chris Wright <ch...@velociter.net
<mailto:ch...@velociter.net>> wrote:
Only if you want to survive the fall. They’re saying it’ll get up
to 10,000’ though. I’m no aerospace engineer, but I’m pretty sure
at 10,000’ your hovercraft doesn’t care what’s directly underneath
you anymore.
Chris Wright
Network Administrator
Velociter Wireless
209-838-1221 x115 <tel:209-838-1221%20x115>
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
*Sent:* Monday, May 02, 2016 4:05 PM
*To:* Animal Farm
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air
Doesn't it only work over water?
On May 2, 2016 11:03 AM, "Jason McKemie"
<j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com
<mailto:j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com>> wrote:
Looks like it is real:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/30/11535778/franky-zapata-guinness-world-record-hoverboard-flyboard-air
Pretty crazy stuff.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote:
Looks perfect for site surveys and tower maintenance. But is it
real?
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/11/11406142/flyboard-air-hoverboard-franky-zapata
