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post #21 of 26
6/13/12 at 10:39am
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You realize that hose isn't attached to anything at the other end right? It's got a guard on it to keep trash from getting sucked in but that's it. It just sits in the water and sucks it up, you have complete freedom of where to go other than height. I think it would be pretty amazing to fly around, above a lake, using water.
Look at the pictures and read the description, they require at least a 150HP engine and come with either a "boat unit" (engine fixed on your boat) or the hose is attached to a powerful enough jet ski which stays stationary. You can't get enough lift from a water jet to get airborne if you carry the engine as well and for the same reason you won't drag the engine very far/fast.
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6/13/12 at 10:43am
I feel like someone could make something that does this exact thing on their own for much less than $100k. Maybe I'm clueless, but it doesn't seem like 100 grand worth of technology to me.
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post #23 of 26
6/18/12 at 10:21am
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Look at the pictures and read the description, they require at least a 150HP engine and come with either a "boat unit" (engine fixed on your boat) or the hose is attached to a powerful enough jet ski which stays stationary. You can't get enough lift from a water jet to get airborne if you carry the engine as well and for the same reason you won't drag the engine very far/fast.

If it is like the regular jetpack model then it has one of these
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That is a boat unit, it drags that along behind the hose.

That does not stay stationary, so u can go wherever you like!
Edited by Slayem - 6/18/12 at 10:31am
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post #24 of 26
6/18/12 at 2:34pm
Never saw the bike before , I´d like to try these ,sorta like jet boots.



There´s also a surfboard model.

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post #25 of 26
6/18/12 at 3:05pm
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They should rent these out. I'd never buy something i'd only use afew times for 9K. i would rent one for the weekend for a hundred or so.

If i bought it, i'd use it every second hour, every single hour on weekends and every 20 minutes on holidays.
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post #26 of 26
6/18/12 at 3:28pm
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You realize that hose isn't attached to anything at the other end right?

Two of them are attached to jetskis and use the jetski motors to suck up water.
A 3rd one is attached to a small boat that holds the pump.

In all cases, you are tethered to the motor, which is floating on the water and not flying on your back.

The $100k version comes with the boat+motor.
The $8k & $9k versions are kits to modify your current jetski.
Edited by willis888 - 6/18/12 at 3:33pm
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