Australian Electric Copterpack Makes a Gorgeous Flight

Small scale, even personal flight has been a dream for a long time. The misnamed jet packs of the 60s and the comics of generations before - The Rocketeer! - have shown people flying without the need for aircraft per se. The limitations have always been about the power needed to stay aloft. That hasn't stopped folks from building real jetpacks with the mini jet engines used by modelers. Zapata and others have been flying around for a bit now. The Aussies seem to want to get in on the act.

In what looks like someone strapped a drone to their back, the CopterPack has flown:



I imagine, based on the size of the battery pack, it doesn't have a great flight duration. OTOH, it does appear to fly pretty well.

Some close ups:





While awesome, I can see how this could end very, very badly.

I'd be very, very tempted to try. It looks far cheaper than the jetcat based ones. OTOH, man, scary long pork sushi makers.

Source:

newatlas.com...

Seems I remember a one man flyer with a large propeller that went below the feet. But either way it looks like you're in a flying Ginsu knive set.

The only bad thing is the landing gear is pretty fragile.

a reply to: anzha


Ummm…OMG…I want one…

Scratch that…

I want two…







YouSir

Pretty cool, but this one looks like the ticket to me

Skyrider

a reply to: underpass61

Looks cute but I remember the Elio. I hope the ejection seat is a standard option.

Even at the relatively low height, he still got high enough to drop like a stone to his death.

One dodgy connection and game over.

Like what in your pants? I didn't see a seat?

Cool. Better than this guys idea:


I'll take "Death by prop blade to the junk." for $1,000 Alex....

originally posted by: underpass61
Pretty cool, but this one looks like the ticket to me

Skyrider

That looks awesome. Their concept tric-car looks cool too (better looking than the can-am's which I think look hideous...but are probably a blast to drive).