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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by umvi on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:35PM (#24347926)
Well for one, where is the fuel? Seems like it would take a tremendous amount of fuel and there are no visible fuel tanks on the jetpack.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by vladTheInhaler on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @05:56PM (#24358643)
They only have a flight time of about two minutes. It appears longer because they stitch together clips strategically.

Edit: It appears that I confused Vince Reffet with another "jetpack guy" - Richard Browning. The number was for Browning's device. But although you could get more airtime by adding wings, the overall point still stands - the flights are relatively short.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by foxdev on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:45PM (#24347989)
It's probably in the wing/back thing.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by outworlder on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:24PM (#24349092)
That depends on how long you want to fly for.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:25AM (#24351159)
Inside the wing is logical, it's pretty thick and planes have it there as well.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by gowld on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:45AM (#24363454)
They glide for most of the flight.
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