Martin Jetpack

[minimoke]

It'd be cool if the significant offshore investor was Google.



You can just tell they are jealous from this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ready-YET.html

but their's 's was only as loud as a motorcycle. And I suspect they knew the difference between a jet and a ducted fan.

also interesting they didnt want a jet pack death trap - interesting because martins brought in parachute system has been around for a long time.

At least Google know when to quit a project - so there is probably a lesson there.

[minimoke]

You might be better with a restrainer.

you're probably right. But if we were to ask Glen to invent one to suit me I reckon I'd be safe for the next 30 years

[robbo24]

At least Google know when to quit a project - so there is probably a lesson there.

Why waste their time copying MJP? The best they could do is a poor-man's imitation anyway.

Maybe they learned their lesson after the horrific tragedy called Google Plus (and it's pitiful rendition of Facebook)...

[minimoke]

Maybe they learned their lesson after the horrific tragedy called Google Plus (and it's pitiful rendition of Facebook)...

Google Plus or Google Glass?

[robbo24]

Google Plus or Google Glass?

http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/29/in...-lost-its-way/

Google+. It's crap.

[robbo24]

Well it's just after lunchtime in Mountain View, CA, USA.

There's some big headquarters of some big companies there.

I wonder what they are up to on their lovely Monday afternoon - discussing some investments, perhaps?

[BFG]

I'm sure there are some big government organisations near Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, also thinking of the uses for this beast gadget...

[robbo24]

I'm sure there are some big government organisations near Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, also thinking of the uses for this beast gadget...

Funny you should mention that, BFG.

Perhaps the large investor is the likes of Lockheed Martin.

Afterall:

(1) Peter Coker (CEO, MJP) used to work for Lockheed.

(2) Lockheed is developing ARES with DARPA: http://defensetech.org/2014/02/26/ar...save-soldiers/

Helicopters are one solution, but the supply of available helicopters can’t meet the demand for their services, which cover diverse operational needs including resupply, tactical insertion and extraction, and casualty evacuation, according to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency officials.

As a potential solution, DARPA has been working on a prototype that would provide flexible, terrain-independent transportation for logistics, personnel transport and tactical support missions for small ground units.

(3) If DARPA and Lockheed are working on something with similar capabilities then it follows that there may certainly be a market for the MJP.

(4) AVWatch (working with MJP) also works with DARPA.

(5) What better way to obtain some juicy development work "on the cheap" for Lockheed's own twin-ducted, vertical/horizontal flying machine than to buy some MJP.

Get amongst it, minimoke.

[minimoke]

Get amongst it, minimoke.

im trying but now I cant get past how you would have " tactical insertion" and mjp in the same sentence. Nothing like giving the enemy a half hour warning that a mjp is on its way in.

[robbo24]

im trying but now I cant get past how you would have " tactical insertion" and mjp in the same sentence. Nothing like giving the enemy a half hour warning that a mjp is on its way in.

What do you suggest is quieter?



Helicoptor?

Fighter jet?

ARES?

Diesel truck?

Goat-driven cart?