I'm far more interested in what these guys are working on with the Flyboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wObBrd9wB6M). Way more controllable and practical, and equally mind blowing.
Hackaday discussion: https://hackaday.com/2017/04/13/daedalus-jet-suit-takes-to-t...
It was noted that at least some shots were most likely fake. I guess this validates it as real?
My question when I first saw this was where do you get such jet engines? They look small enough to be from any kind of plane/UAV, but also quite large for any small model aircraft.
I wonder how easy it is to get one, do you by any chance need any sort of special license to operate them?
Here is my own video of him flying.
I thought the point of Iron Man's suit was that the Arc Reactor allowed for stupidly high powered "repulsor beams", which then allowed for force/heat to the generated. This just seems like another Jetpack style design.
This seems like the latest April 4th, 2017 flight test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hT__fdxWig
Going by the video, it’s less of a “flying” suit and more of a “hover” suit.
Great, now we can have real live incarnation of Iron Man vs Green Goblin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQLAUFhIxm4
Seems like an easy way to become a double amputee.
Fun, it seems there are two versions he's been trying; one with leg thrusters on his calf and one where those thrusters are on the backpack. Watching the video I imagine holding the harm thrusters down to feel a bit like you're holding your self up on parallel bars.
could tethered electric ducted fans raise someone in a wingsuit to a suitable altitude? as an alternative to this.
> He was inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor, who killed himself when Mr Browning was a teenager.
Was this really necessary? Imagine the reaction of the guy: "Oh cool, there's a bbc article on me.. oh... :(".
I can't wait to see my girlfriends face when I land in the back garden wearing one of these.
spoiler: it's not an iron-man style.
>TED 2017: UK 'Iron Man' demonstrates flying suit (Original title of the post)
Keyword analysis: TED, BBC, Ironman.
Conclusion: British Clickbait.
> He was inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor, who killed himself when Mr Browning was a teenager.
Inspired he was; his invention clearly has the potential to kill the user. He may end up doing the same thing his father did, though surely I don't wish him such fate.
A much much better video with a lot more details, accidents, back story, etc.... but it is covered with Red Bull logos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=291&v=JinhIHIF8E...