In a few frames of one of the vids I think you can see 4 exhausts.
I'd say 4 AMT Titans, or jetCat 400s or the 40 Kg
engine from the makers of the TJ100 her
http://www.pbsvb.com/customer-industries/aerospace/aircraft-engines/tj40-g2-turbojet-engine
. Possibly the last as the engine is shorter than the others.
I've the 20Kg engine they also make last
December. Two were installed on a Cri-Cri at the
homebuilders' airfield at Serpentine near Perth.
The TJ100 is used by Bob Carlton in the Super
Salto. It started life as the APU for the Mig 29.
Nice engine with integrated starter/generator,
recirculating oil system etc but overkill I think
for this use or a motorglider. There's a nice
turboprop version in development currently flying
in an RV-10. Expensive, unfortunately.
Mike
At 01:50 PM 4/16/2016, you wrote:
A few people think it may be a JT 100 or similar
light aircraft turbine. Backpack most likely
holds fuel. Such flying boards using water
propelled from a jetski engine already exist.
Nothing in this video is unbelievable.
On Saturday, April 16, 2016, Ross McLean
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
The pilot is Franky Zapata, the inventor of the
Flyboard, which is a water powered version of
the Airboard. He appears to be extremely
capable on the water powered Flyboard so I would
expect he would be equally at home on a jet turbine powered unit.
I really don't think it is a fake. usually with
these things there is only one scratchy video.
He has several high quality video's showing
take-off, landing and generally flying around.
If you look at the video from Mike's link, he
clearly takes off and flies away. I have
downloaded the video and gone over it frame by
frame, I can't see where it is faked.
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I'm with Mike on this one, if you are sure it is
a fake please let me know what you can see that I am missing.
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Sent: Friday, 15 April 2016 1:06 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] skyboard
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At 08:07 AM 4/15/2016, you wrote:
fake
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Do you have some knowledge or a link you can
share with us that says it is fake and gives
some evidence? Because nothing being shown is
physically impossible. Last year we had the JB-9
jetpack flying around the Statue of Liberty. 2 x
AMT Nike engines for 160 Kg thrust. Was that
fake too? The guy with the jet powered wingsuit, Yves Rossy?
This thing could use 4 x AMT Titan engines for
160Kg total thrust. Someone has gone to a lot of
trouble for a fake. Note the two electric ducted
fans either side for yaw control, the hand held controllers.
There's another vid showing the takeoff.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn99MimWOxA>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn99MimWOxAÂ
 Note the gridded takeoff platform to
prevent hot gas re-ingestion into the engines.
Zapata Racing, the company involved already make
various water powered jetpacks for recreational
use. Water is pumped through a hose and ejected
downwards for thrust. So the pilot is likely an
experienced jetpack/platform user.
Mike
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