Comments on: Video Of Homemade Air-Powered Jet Pack

By: Jamar

Jamar — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:44:32 +0000

And what sort of string would be invisible and yet hold all that weight at the same time? I thought that all the strong rope would be at least semi-visible.

By: OsvaL

OsvaL — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:40:43 +0000

It is just a game where this guy thinks that he is going through an experiment, he don’t know that he is attached to a string. The funny thing is that he thinks everything was true. Don’t try to find the fifth paw to the cat please.

By: JD52

JD52 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:05:43 +0000

No you are incorrect my friend. You do not need a rudder to change direction. Just changing the direction the nozzles are pointing should be enough to change direction. Ever heard the term “thrust vectoring”? I am guessing you haven’t

By: Magnus|Sweden

Magnus|Sweden — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:20:32 +0000

He’s airborn way to long but under the right circumstances it might work.
Mythbusters (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html) tested this in an episode.
Not able to find the clip now but I’m sure it’s out there on the Internet somewhere

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:55:56 +0000

So many people say this is a fake, i still dont think so, i to trided the water bottle thingy mah bob, i wired together 5! trust me, i think it would work.

By: soopergooman

soopergooman — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:40:11 +0000

you would need a rudder or wing of some kind to change direction, duh it IS rocket science! without one you spin out of control. i can see this acually werking, i once made a 2 litre popbottle travel .5 km in the air. just from air pressure.

By: JD52

JD52 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:15:21 +0000

Sorry but this is very clearly a fake. He spins around but never changes direction. Still a riot to watch though.

By: BigJon

BigJon — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:31:02 +0000

Yeah…totally fake. Funny…but fake.

By: farker

farker — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:55:17 +0000

How is this not four years old?

By: David

David — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:47:05 +0000

They tried this on MythBusters – - did’t work for them!!!