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Jetpacks and Jetman
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Franky Zapata has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. Franky flew 2,252 metres by the coast, near Marseille, in the south of France.
Franky's creation uses four turbo jets, a pouch of kerosene strapped to his back, and a handheld thrust controller.
Franky's creation uses four turbo jets, a pouch of kerosene strapped to his back, and a handheld thrust controller.
Flying the Flyboard Air is harder than it looks. Franky thinks it takes about 100 hours of practice on a normal water-propelled Flyboard and 20 hours of practising in controlled conditions to be ready for the Flyboard Air.
Martin Jetpack
The Martin Jetpack has been invented by Glenn Martin in New Zealand. It is not really a jetpack. Instead of jets, it has two fans (a type of propeller) mounted within an open cylinder called a duct. The pilot controls the pitch and roll with one hand, and the yaw and the throttle with the other.
News story about the jetpack's first flight high above the ground
Other jetpacks are shown between 2:32 and 2:44.
Highlights of the test flight
Jetman
Yves Rossy is Jetman. He is the first and only man to fly with a jet-propelled wing. He is fast! His normal speed is 120 miles per hour. When he’s flying downwards he can travel 180 miles per hour.
There are four small jet engines on the underside of the wing. He starts flying by jumping out of a plane or helicopter. He steers his jet-wing by moving his body. He can control the speed of the jet engines by using a small dial on a strap wrapped around two fingers.
He can only fly for ten minutes before his fuel runs out. When he wants to land he opens his parachute and drifts back down to earth.
He has an altimeter and a timer mounted on his chest. The altimeter tells him how high he is above the ground and the timer is his fuel gauge.
He can only fly for ten minutes before his fuel runs out. When he wants to land he opens his parachute and drifts back down to earth.
He has an altimeter and a timer mounted on his chest. The altimeter tells him how high he is above the ground and the timer is his fuel gauge.
He was a pilot but his dream was to fly in the most natural way possible. So he created his own wing. He has been improving his wing for over ten years and has made many different models.
Jetman flies over a mountain
Jetman flies alongside two jet planes
Jetman vs Top Gear