Comment by WalterBright
1 day ago
> I’m not sure who this car is for
People couldn't figure out what to do with airplanes other than racing them. Until WW1, when it was first used for observation.
I wonder if this technology will revive the jet pack. At least it won't set your ankles on fire! And it's a lot simpler than a jet engine.
This would be a step backwards for jet packs, which can currently do minutes of flight, using a tank of high pressure air would reduce that back to seconds
A jet pack that flies for 10 seconds and then needs 6 hours of recharging ?
A man is much lighter than a car, so the figures for a car don't apply.
If it were throttled back just so you were lighter, you could possibly run much faster.
well... when you gotta jump over police car barricades...?
I mean if you're not sober, maybe it's a nice option to have