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Also called the "Shot by a rookie cop who doesn't know it's not a sword" umbrella.

No thanks.....

Looks more like ripoff of the rocket sleds from Arnold Schwarzenegger's "The Running Man"

http://www.extrememortman.com/wp-content/upload...

Actually, it only takes about .7 - .9amps to kill you.....

Yep, voltage doesn't do it.

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Looks like a fun way to store all the home movies....

Looks like a great way to get shot by a stupid Rent-A-Cop....

The original designs for guided cruise missles (during WWII) used pidgeons in front of a tiny TV screen in the nosecone of the missle. They were taught to tap on the screen at recognizable shapes like ships. Of course the pidgeons were expendable.

The Japanese did the same thing with the Baka Bombs ( http://members.tripod.com/cfs2hq0/id24.htm ) but they used humans....

This made these missiles actually the first biological computers.....

In our house and garage, we obey the laws of physics and thermodynamics.
....so we're calling this the 'brochure to scam investors'.
Moller and his 'flying car' that never flew was a prime example, but he has been able to scam investors out of millions of dollars for over 30 years now.

Hide your checkbook!!!

Sounds like BS to me.

Microwave ovens depend on the reflections of the metal walls to build up standing waves.

And I don't think the governments (at least not the Western ones) would sanction the production of a device that could cause microwave burns and cancer.

Probably just some bozos Photoshop dreaming or an art student's made-up ad presentation.

Want one bad, but down here in Florida the cracker's would be shooting at you...

Sounds close to violating Section 7 of the Safety Code of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA): "propels a projectile of any kind"

GENERAL
1) I will not fly my model aircraft in sanctioned events, air shows, or model flying demonstrations until it has been proven to be airworthy by having been previously, successfully flight tested.
2) I will not fly my model higher than approximately 400 feet within 3 miles of an airport without notifying the airport operator. I will give right-of-way and avoid flying in the proximity of full-scale aircraft. Where necessary, an observer shall be utilized to supervise flying to avoid having models fly in the proximity of full-scale aircraft.
3) Where established, I will abide by the safety rules for the flying site I use, and I will not willfully and deliberately fly my models in a careless, reckless and/or dangerous manner.
4) The maximum takeoff weight of a model is 55 pounds, except models flown under Experimental Aircraft rules, Document Number 549*.
5) I will not fly my model unless it is identified with my name and address or AMA number, on or in the model. Note: This does not apply to models while being flown indoors.
6) I will not operate models with metal-bladed propellers or with gaseous boosts, in which gases other than air enter their internal combustion engine(s); nor will I operate models with extremely hazardous fuels such as those containing tetranitromethane or hydrazine.
7) I will not operate models with pyrotechnics (any device that explodes, burns, or propels a projectile of any kind) including, but not limited to, rockets, explosive bombs dropped from models, smoke bombs, all explosive gases (such as hydrogen filled balloons), ground mounted devices launching a projectile. The only exceptions permitted are rockets flown in accordance with the National Model Rocketry Safety Code or those permanently attached (as per JATO use); also those items authorized for Air Show Team use as defined by AST Advisory Committee (document available from AMA HQ). In any case, models using rocket motors as a primary means of propulsion are limited to a maximum weight of 3.3 pounds and a G series motor. Note: A model aircraft is defined as an aircraft with or without engine, not able to carry a human being.
8) I will not consume alcoholic beverages prior to, nor during, participation in any model operations.

Wow.... 30 years of scamming people through his Popular Science articles with ZERO success at getting anything more than 4 feet off the ground. I thought the SEC shut him down a couple of years ago.

"Russian businessman" financing him? Hope he knows how to run and hide when THEY come after him.....

Speak for yourself, Mike.
As a semi-pro musician and video editor, let me say that USB sucks compared to firewire.
....some of us actually have to use a LOT of bandwidth in SUSTAINED operations and the burst mode of USB just doesn't cut it.

"Just make the government make all the roads out of magnets!"
....yeah and if we grew wings on all the pigs they'd deliver themselves to market.
(Concept designers can be SO stupid...)

Sorry, mcman, but they're not turboprops (jet-powered propellors) either.
They are simple gas-engine powered ducted fans.

15hours of training may be a way off since the prototype hasn't gone more than 30seconds so far.... I'm betting we wont be seeing any more of these than the Bell Rocketpacks from the 1960's (a few stadium and movie appearances).

Two words, designers: SIDE WIND

Car fall down, go boom.....

God forbid we can just go out in the back yard and not have to listen to the neighbors blast "Sweet Home Alabama" or 50-cent all over.....

....ugh....

Bleak??? Yeah....
But that's 100 times faster than my first 4mhz computer with over 600 times more RAM and data storage.

You kids are SO spoiled these days....

Beat them with a baseball bat now.... the LAST thing we need is morans floating advertising across the sky....

Don't think it will pass the current safety or bumper requirements....
You could probably get it licensed as a motorcycle, but I'd demand proof before putting down one penny....

Wait till one gets in an accident....

Compressed air is as DANGEROUS as dynamite. Every commercial vehicle that hauls compressed air bottles has to display hazmat signs.

The ambulance-chasing lawyers will be drooling to sue the pants off of anyone selling or buying or allowing them to roll on the highways.

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