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JETLEV (Water Propelled Jet Pack!)

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Might as well throw it out there...

I would like to introduce my Father's (Raymond Li) invention called the JetLev. If no one has already seen or heard about this yet, the JetLev made it's official Internet premiere about 1 month ago.

It's a water-propelled jet pack that can fly up to 5hours on one tank of fuel, fly up to 40' (current model), and up to 60km/hr in speed. He has officially worked on it for over 5 years. Facing the scrutiny and doubt from many friends, family, and the general public, he pushed on and on until after many prototypes and 1000's of safety shakedown tests later, his childhood dream of flying had finally come true. He proved everyone wrong.

Mostly for recreational/sport purposes but a number of commercial applications as well (Search & Rescue, Bridge Inspection, Anti-piracy, etc.).
It is currently and initially being marketed and pre-sold to chartered and mega-yacht owners before it hits resorts globally.

Since it's official Public unveiling at the Dusseldorf "Da Boot" international boat show in Germany a little more than a month ago and from the recent Internet launch, there has been an insane amount of buzz and interest worldwide so far.

Check it out @:

JETLEV.COM OR JETLEV-FLYER.COM


Update! (April 13/2011):

NEW WEB PROMO RELEASED: http://youtu.be/im1iNq02Kz0?hd=1

Enjoy.
 
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Looks great. Have you had a go yourself?

Graeme
 
Not yet! A few years ago, I shot some video of his very first frankenstein prototype for a little promo video but we had a hose problem, which stopped us from continuing any shooting at the time after about 2 hours of flying. I was hoping to try it then, but never had a chance to. It was based out of Florida/Newfoundland but currently being commercially manufactured out of Germany.
 
How long can that hose be (the one the pack is tethered to)? Anyway, looks like a lot of fun. With the tether and the water source requirements, 40' max, etc.. It's use for utilitarian purposes will be a bit limited. But I would think the recreational market will eat this up! Sign me up, I'm ready to try it out!
 
The current model for safety reasons is 40' max. It can certainly go higher and perhaps in later models when we see how people are adapting to the 40' model, there'll be the option to go to 60-80'. This all depends on how heavy the pilot is of course.

Arrinick, what did you lose your bet on? :)

Norm
 
The current model for safety reasons is 40' max. It can certainly go higher and
Arrinick, what did you lose your bet on?
Norm
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Just last night I bet a VFX guy that the video online was bullshit. He said it looked real to him, I said there is no way you can generate the energy required to lift a guy, plus all the wieght of the water in the supply hose, with that dinky little back pack......At least I was right about that part ;-)

Very cool.

Nick
 
Norm! That's insane! What are you waiting for--go test that thing!

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Put Daniel Craig in a suit with that thing and you got yourself the next Bond flick! He lands on the dock after a crazy gun fight/ boat chase and makes sweet love to his woman- it's cinema gold in the making.
 
Just roto out that water hose and we're in business. Hmmm... It would fit right into the Bond world. Or maybe I feel that way because Bond already flew a jet pack. I don't recall which film, but if was one in the Sean Connery era. Dammit, now I wanna go watch some old bond flicks.
 
Reminds me of a combination Jet Pack in Thunderball and Nintendo GameCubes Super Mario Sunshine. :) This looks really fun.
 
WOW!! Okay, that's incredibly cool.
 
So where's the 4k footage?

So where's the 4k footage?

That thing looks pretty darn cool. I live in Ft. Lauderdale and make underwater/waterproof housings so maybe he would like some footage.

BTW I checked the florida corporations page and Jetlev is a legitimate florida corporation, so maybe it is all real.

The force of that water is a little scary but presumably the pressure dissipates enough as it moves away from the nozzle.
 
I can assure you it is real!

Yes, we want to shoot 4K RED footage of JetLev. It would be incredible. Definitely would be very cool to have underwater footage of JetLev...

Norm


AquaVideoRed206 said:
That thing looks pretty darn cool. I live in Ft. Lauderdale and make underwater/waterproof housings so maybe he would like some footage.

BTW I checked the florida corporations page and Jetlev is a legitimate florida corporation, so maybe it is all real.

The force of that water is a little scary but presumably the pressure dissipates enough as it moves away from the nozzle.
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