Jetpack tour of HMS Queen Elizabeth - GIFs

[Jon]

Jetpack tour of HMS Queen Elizabeth. First GIF will autoplay; click the other one to play.

[Frank S]

I wonder if the person filming was wearing a jetpack as well

[Scrounga]

How cool would it be turning up to work in that.

[Frank S]

It would be nice to have for so many things if it could be made hands free even better. I'm thinking 2 foot peddles that would be mounted so each one had 4 functions
one would have up down hover by tilting your foot forward or back rotate that foot to the left to go to the left right for fight
the other foot would be forward or back stop,and turn left or right. This would make it a useful tool for a lot of work requiring a person to be off the ground. The biggest thing would be it needs to have at a minimum of 4 hours flight time worth of fuel.

[greyhoundollie]

so far it only seems to have 60 seconds flight time.

[Frank S]

the interesting thing is the rocket belt or jet pack has been around for a while although they were actually rockets using hydrogen peroxide first flown in 1961
this one is an actual jet having 2 small jet engines with angular thrust nozzles

[owen moore]

I want one for pheasant hunting!

[jdurand]

I seem to remember there was a lot of legal battles over the original rocket belts, I believe someone was even killed over them (not while flying).

[Fluffle-Valve]

That is something I want. Imagine the fun that could be had with one of these?

[Frank S]

I seem to remember there was a lot of legal battles over the original rocket belts, I believe someone was even killed over them (not while flying).

yeah one of the partners in an endeavor to manufacture them was allegedly murdered when things in the financial procurement went sour I think that was in Houston.