A jetpack that takes off like a plane.
With a name right out of Thunderbirds, Skyflash is, if nothing else, ambitious. The wing, which is worn like a backpack, is designed to take off from the ground and, if successful, will be the smallest twin engined plane ever built.
You can keep that, it does not look like a serious attempt at engineering.
When I see someone using a 5″ galvanized stove pipe as a duct for a jet engine and the close
proximity of the pilots face to the tar mack and the general unsophisticated design, it looks
like a terminal event just waiting to happen.
(Although I have watched a video of a Chinese farmer who made his own gyro copter out of wood and general hardware, powered by a lawn mower engin flying around the skies of China.)
Now if your talking about the Martin Jet Pack or the Rossi Flying Wing, now you are talking
about beautifully executed and serious / successful engineering attempt at accomplishing
something we all would like to do. This guy might be better off duct taping a large radio
controlled plane to his back and jumping off a bridge.
It’s more like a RC jet-propelled dolly with a wooden balsa wing for effect. He never took off.
The test pilots drew straws and this guy got the short stick.