[street.mage]

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/436/martin-aircrafts-commercial-jetpack-looks-to-take-flight/

Not sure how to do the "link" thing, but check out this article; interesting, eh?

[Kontact]

Feels like legal issues of unregistered fliers and the kind of 'potential danger" that they'd represent will keep this tech out of our reach forever.

Damn the man.

[Usda Beph]

Ok this is cool. It would suck in the winter here in Mich but hey it's an Fing jetpack. For the Win!

[KarmaInferno]

Has anyone been able to find a single video of the jetpack flying more than 5 feet off the ground? I haven't.

Makes me suspicious.




-k

[Dead Monky]

It's not even a jetpack technically.  It's a personal-sized helicopter that uses ducted fans for propulsion.

[FastJack]

By the way, Mythbusters did a piece on home-made "jet-packs" like this one. Episode 32

[Dead Monky]

What I want to know is: who in god's name would be stupid enough to build a jet pack at home, with instructions they got off the internet in the first place?

These people I suppose:
http://www.hightech-edge.com/homemade-flamethrower-diy-tutorial-lesso/2095/

[Angelone]

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

That's kinda cool saw it in Popular Science iirc a while back.

[John Schmidt]

I don't think that you would have any more legal issues with this than you do with ultralights or light-sport aircraft in the US.

If I had $75K to burn, I would get one. 

[Darkeus]

That would be awesome.