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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile View Post
Damn cool invention. A shame our governmental bureaucratic quagmire will kill it. It'll probably end up getting used in a big way in China and Mexico in a few years though - places that have a more sane approach to governance.
It will go nowhere, period, full stop. So sayeth physics.

Carrying enough stored energy to keep the thing aloft for more than a few minutes, means too much weight to make it a usable bicycle.

I suspect the "bicycle" and "rider" shown in the video are ultra-light dummies.

The Martin Jetpack uses a 2 liter gas engine, and even then is too large to walk with and can only stay up for 30 minutes. Supposedly. Development seems stalled since 2011.
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