World's First Electric Jet Pack Is FINALLY Here!

[@loiskimberleyplayer]

This is so cool - can't wait til we're all zooming around with these

[@Justwantahover]

KZbinrs might copy it, for more fun videos. The Chinese will copy it and use it for their POLICE! 😅

[@i9114]

While watching this, all I can think is, how awesome are flying animals.

[@GoldKingsMan]

Especially Dragons.

[@Whateverl0l123]

​@@GoldKingsManyeah like Charizard 😂

[@lower47]

​@Dr.Kraig_Renhow troublesome... Birb better

[@pheirphon4680]

Humans are not better! Humans consume many materials to be airborne.

[@pheirphon4680]

I like this guy at trying to explain basic Math.😊

[@joseph7858]

Thank you for covering this. 💝

[@mydogsbutler]

While technically you could do pure electric, limited flight time is a major problem. Batteries don't yet have even close to the energy density of fossil fuel to compete.

[@ruzzodac]

but that goes against the green narrative!

[@XAtmo97]

Factor in developments in Beamed Energy towards Space Elevators, Laser Development for Fusion, Targeting Systems for Automated Point Defense, and factor in a Real World Development need and it's just an engineering problem which needs a dedicated team with cash :P No Military or Rescue Service operates without support resources, so a Local Energy Source seems reasonable. Plus if the intent is for training there's a strong likelyhood that permanent physical tethering could be justified by the use case in a controlled environment: say a warehouse with a Crane Gantry system delivering mains power. No Iron Man, but maybe a Tin Man? : D

[@mydogsbutler]

​@@XAtmo97 I'm just talking about the present and particular use cases where high energy density is critical (e.g. flight). Of course physicists and engineers are always coming up with solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems. Battery densities might one day improve to a point they are competitive or even beat fossil fuel. Some argue interplanetary rockets are a use case you can never use pure electric. I recently read an article about some physicists who speculate even electric rockets might be possible one day using an interesting loophole in special relativity. Since mass increases with speed, they argue in theory it should be possible to put particles in a loop where on one side of a proposed spacecraft their mass is greater than the other. (effectively simulating a rocket ejecting mass to accelerate) Physics is amazing.

[@taiwoolaleye6333]

thats because people still using lithium batteries, there is aluminium air batteries that can store far more energy dense, but cant be recharged like the way we charge lithium batteries

[@sentinel8185]

They could use nuclear energy and develop a way to keep dangerous radiation from effecting you…

[@aniketjadhav5292]

Tony stark made it in a cave ....

[@nisargdelvadiya0625]

that suit doesnt have flight capabilities like other suits

[@Nugslab]

WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

[@MultiAaron1212]

Not funny lol guy

[@Nugslab]

its pretty funny

[@Madmackz1107]

Fictionql​@@Nugslab

[@samxyx]

Flight time and cost are going to be the real limiting factors here. 5 minutes still really limits the possible applications.

[@professorvoluck9311]

Flight time is terrible on jet fuel, too. Batteries & fuel are too limited by space and weight. Better start upping my squats at the gym.

[@archangel_one]

That and getting tangled in power lines at night.

[@smartwatchonpluto]

@@archangel_one lol speaking from experience?

[@LG123ABC]

We could eliminate that problem by using a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator like the one on the Mars rover but everyone gets scared around plutonium. It's too bad, because its energy density is fantastic.

[@archangel_one]

@@LG123ABC Just ONE plutonium particle can cause cancer, that's why they are afraid. But the solution is simple enough, make quality parts ourselves.

[@ArtstradaMagazine]

just having a protected futuristic cyberpunk city and tethered jet suits would be a MONEY amusement ride

[@Mor4me]

Thanks for the info and your time It’s well presented and appreciated 👍

[@dunichtich100]

The Hacksmith and his team from Canada were trying to create an electric jet suit years ago as well but they failed at the cost. They wanted to use the "Schubler electric ducted fans - EDF" that were shown in this video and which are used by Gravity as well now. Great to see that the Hacksmith was on the righ track and the technology is now coming together.

[@WaleOsinoiki]

you forgot jlaservideo

[@32BitJunkie]

Yeah jlaser video has been flying around in one of these painted up to look like iron man. He had to lose 20 lbs to get airborne though lol

[@lukewoodside9420]

They should use this with a high voltage wire when training on the tether, would save a load of fuel and emissions.

[@Tore_Lund]

The configuration is impractical, you need upper body strength to fly this, like a static pushup. Small fans are inefficient. So as a specialty vehicle for very narrow conditions. Ideally a bi-copter with large overhead rotors, preferably foldable down along the side of the backpack battery when stored= much longer flight time and we have the electronics to have it be easy to fly.

[@foxfoxy5490]

@@Tore_Lund that's what jetpacks are for

[@Tore_Lund]

@@foxfoxy5490 Jet pack flight time 70 seconds, electric bicopter 20 minutes! Big difference

[@jhendies]

@@Tore_Lund eh, your arms are pretty much locked downwards. Probably a bit easier than holding a push-up

[@Tore_Lund]

@@jhendies I'd imagine there is a lot of balancing involved in piloting this, so his abdomen, shoulders, back will be working all the time, it will feel like exercise.

[@SeldimSeen1]

Can't wait until it can be used for morning commutes. :)

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

If they could make it quieter that would be huge because one of the current biggest disadvantages is noise level

[@Darius-scifieart]

Unfortunately there's only so much you can do there. Most of the noise from a jet engine is just the sound of air moving through a tube pushed by a fan quickly. Which Is why car turbochargers and larger rc EDF jet's fans make a similar turbine whine even though no combustion is happening within them.

[@cz1589]

Nice idea for commando's dropping from planes. Instead of slow and vulnerable decent on parachutes, just a fast boost to slow down the last meters before hitting the ground.

[@ddegn]

That sounds absolutely terrifying. If they wait to slow themselves near the ground, it would be too late for a backup parachute. Still, that would be really amazing to see.

[@contessa.adella]

Halo…..

[@absolution6191]

​@@contessa.adellaOrbital Drop Shock Troopers?

[@kevins90sc]

Things are moving VERY FAST in this Field..good luck to all involved.

[@adityakapoor8055]

Love this sharing and explanation, thank you! This is also the first time I'm hearing about voltage sag. Curious to go read up more about it

[@MrElectrifyer]

Soon as Solid State Batteries take off in conjunction with super conducting motors, this will really fly...

[@Justanotherchannel-b7s]

Try powering that electric jetsuit off of a disc with magnets on an alternator with more magnets to repell the magnets on the disc and spin it.

[@bayusetiawan2357]

Nice teknology,i like this 85mph very fast in air

[@lawrencecole6527]

This flight works close to what it does in my dreams. Put me in coach. Literally lucid dreaming this for my whole life. Nobody's going to be better than me. Think about it.

[@NSGca]

I understand the limitations of batteries, they've made great strides recently and will continue to do so. Excellent video friend, I'm looking forward to more of the same!

[@P8FPV]

I like the drone building footage 😉 Yeah we need more motor and battery technology give it a few years im sure we can get there.

[@jessejuliano8056]

High performance batteries are 3.2kg per kw currently(the likes of freefly alta X drone batteries).This thing is 96kwh. With 22.4kg battery pack you'd have 7kwh. At full throttle this machine would use 1.6kw per minute(96kw per hour/60). That is 4 minutes 20 seconds of full throttle. With 80% average you can be getting into the 5minute territory.

[@Theforestbandit]

Love to see one fly across the English channel from England to France.

[@JCAH1]

The main things that are currently needed, like in all aerospace projects, are to make the pack lighter and cheaper. The use of supercooled motor components goes in the exact opposite direction, at warp speed.

[@leander9263]

The many times more power of superconducting motors does not come from higher efficiency. Efficiency is above 90% in all cases anyway. Advantage of no electrical resistance is high amps which means high magnetic field. The motors are strong for a given diameter and therefore mass which also additionally helps a little in flying operations.

[@airman9820]

As someone that flys turbine jets. They do flame out unexpectedly at times. I would think a electric jetpack would be safer but it would need a jump in battery technology to work.

[@getsideways7257]

Oh, it did flame out at least once, sending the "pilot" tumbling down into the water. Only idiots fly these - especially around rocky cliffs.

[@Shopweasel]

You crack a cell your going down in flames MR!

[@nealcorbett1149]

As long as you don't need to scratch your nose (or anything else), they're great!

[@memozawidi4744]

That's awesome and hopefully opening new horizon for flying safely

[@alexharvey9721]

Yea it's the batteries. I agree that superconducting motors would be awesome, but really electric brushless motors off the shelf are pretty amazing. They can have 90%+ efficiency and the power density of a jet engine already, so that's not really the problem. But batteries are slowly getting there. At least cost has come down massively.

[@brianbell1608]

I'm waiting antigravity suit!

[@jamesoneill4607]

Raises the question

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

these jetpacks should be part of an armored suit, a one-piece suit impenetrable for bullets. Otherwise the soldiers will risk too much while flying away and getting bullets in their backs, and limbs. I am not even talking about some energy shield or at least active protection (like on tanks) to intercept approaching projectiles. I like Speaking practice and talking with my students about futuristic ideas.

[@VRtechman]

Looks like a crazy excuse to create a miniature Nuke power source.

[@stevetennispro]

So Thorium Man instead of Iron Man? ;)

[@rrocketman]

Awesome I want one😎

[@diwarto1550]

The future to small jet,jaket jet electrical,❤❤❤

[@ChrisAnthonyGiles]

I don't see the problem here. Just build an arc reactor! Tony did it in a cave!!!

[@gamingdude7959]

a arc reactor that size isnt possible, and even if it did, i dont think someone would wanna hold a nuclear reactor near their bodies, they would pretty sure get radiation and die.

[@willbrink]

They were supposed to develop super conductors that don't need to be super cold decades ago! We need those...

[@ololh4xx]

1.8 minutes flight time .... well ... at least you can put on a show. Thats pretty much the only application for this - shows and short-term fun.

[@OBFYT]

Absolute banger

[@JeffGarnaas-jf5if]

Advanced lithium Batts with 4x storage such as the new catl Batts are almost online in china for cherry autos,wich will certainly advance yearly,before superconducting motors become available.Once the two technologies are coupled,an all electric jetsuit will be possible with range,speed,and size reduction

[@richardike2342]

Use the wind-turbine principle (converting mechanical energy into electrical energy). As the blades spin, it produces electricity to charge the batteries. That's what the alternator in a Car engine does; the engine spins the alternator, which generates electricity to charge the Car battery.

[@Angel-dp9sl]

Ok, this is epic. What's an engine without an alternator?

[@donindri]

If they use a tether to train why not skip the battery altogether and let the tether also run an electric power cable and plug into the wall? It seems it could work like those water flyboards that are tethered to a boat. Thanks for posting

[@NeoFrontierTechnologies]

The most efficient way to get in the air is to jump. However, these jetpack are admittedly more impressive. I am sure, given enough time, good flight times will be achieved eventually.

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

If you'd accept the definition of "good flight times" as being two minutes instead of 15 seconds -- then maybe.

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

Figured I'd be watching a video about the most impractical thing ever. Discovered that I was not wrong.

[@moose6144]

I really love this technology it has many useful things that can be done with it if they could get the kerosine jet pack to actually run up to a half hour to an hour but every time you guys improve this stuff you are proving that gravity does not exist that’s what I think is so neat about this it’s so simple to understand why gravity does not exist with this technology

[@mcbot6291]

Lol

[@supaorigamisensei]

conceptually its here 15 sec flight time isnt alot but its a start, but will be epic once its in fruition. so many applications, already i have seen vids of search and rescue, rapid first aid, boarding parties, having an electric motor will also be so much quieter, can do more stealthier missions plus night missions too, wont have to worry about afterburners literally lighting you up at night wonder if pilot weight might also affect flight time as well, heavier the person is, harder the motor has to compensate

[@n8-kiss182]

wow what a awesome video this channel is a good find

[@ZirothTech]

Thank you!

[@gangleweed]

It will always be the battery that limits the jet suit...........you still have the weight of the battery to be carried once it is exhausted.......in the kerosene model the fuel is used up and the weight is reduced.

[@mangjose5446]

It will be more use if they remove the thrusters from the hand. They ould palce it on the side of the back pack and can be controlled through legs to feet. So the hand can be of more use.

[@peterah7957]

I think they should invent some wearable shock absorbing boots for landings also... Any unexpected drops would eventually damage a pilots spine and leg joints

[@joewoodchuck3824]

That must be tough on the arms and hands.

[@rolflandale2565]

Chem-fuel engines are hazard at melee range at anything. For a man-sute gear, the electric can also rid of liquid-mass storage volume, while only partiional dry-mass weight increase. With more powerful turbine engines batteres + pulse static/plasma afterbuns.

[@airplanenut89]

"A tether to the pilot could also be used for power" ... I hope this would just be for training as there are so many chances for injury/death outside of that. Flying around at roughly 80mph while tethered to something is a no-go for me.

[@edocor8081]

bro we're not even done making the first jetpack period, let's give it a little time before going all electric

[@shintsu01]

I wonder if any fuel cell tech is small and powerful enough so that you can maybe have Hydrogen, Gas or something else to generate power for the system. Is a hybrid solution like building a micro turbine to generate power for the rest of the suite not a solution maybe?

[@nimrodquimbus912]

Imagine a jet suit that burns as efficiently as the Hindenberg

[@joaomelo7018]

@@nimrodquimbus912 the og version of this has a bag of kerosene burning in your hands, and the hindenburg didnt use fuel cells.

[@benjaminhoffman3848]

I want to commute to work with a jet suit.

[@nobodynobody7729]

FINALLY we have jetpacks. What took so long?

[@getsideways7257]

Can't wait to splat yourself with one?

[@AydenVr7]

for electric you could also attach it to a small frame with wheels

[@Trener_Artem]

I doubt it will be possible to reduce the weight\power of the engines much more. Maybe, but with staggering increase in price. The potential of this transport will be developed thanks to the development of batteries, not engines.

[@manin10]

The limited flight time is not the problem with either the fuel or electric-powered version. It's the fact that your hands are not your own for the entirety of the flight.

[@krumba100]

When I watch the flies circling my room all day it makes me wonder what type of batteries they are using.

[@aidorf2506]

bro be taking no walking on grass to a whole new level

[@petergebert4817]

Schübeler fans are the best 👌

[@youtubefrancais6138]

combine the 2, small kerozen jet pack on the back that is monted with a generator and supercap, that can drive the electric jet fan on the arms

[@RadekPilich]

Excellent channel, subscribing!

[@graham5761]

Toroidal blades would improve thrust efficiency and noise emissions

[@joshuamiller9136]

Design is amazing, but as technology gets more advanced ur going to have to shrink the fans and have them be more powerful, but for now great

[@la7era1u54]

A capacitor/battery hybrid might work if you turn on the capacitors at the same time the batteries are incurring the most resistance

[@ddegn]

Capacitors have a miniscule charge density compared to batteries. After watching the video *"Super Capacitor Dragster" (Tom Stanton's* channel), I was amazed and disappointed to learn super capacitors held very little electric power when compared with batteries. I'm afraid the weight of capacitors would likely hurt the performance of the jet pack more than the fast release of power would help it.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wribg

[@danko6582]

I summary, it runs (not all of which is flight) for 1 minute. Until we have several wouldn't-it-be-nice developments in future tech.

[@stephenvince9994]

Oh..its Finally here.....Marvellous...Ive been waiting........Not....

[@katuli3677]

I hope in the future there will be some civil version of jetsuit that has less horsepowers and smaller

[@Anarchy_420]

Electric Tech is about to take off lol pun intended, Solid State Batteries, Graphene Batteries, and Nuclear Diamond Batteries! Horse Power and Flight time will drastically increase!👍

[@cmyip11]

Will it be very tired to use two arms to support all your body weight during the whole flight?

[@macrumpton]

Maybe they could design an electric fan with a hollow axle that you could put your hand through. This would allow a larger fan (higher efficiency) and reduce the number of fans. I wonder if fuel cells have the same voltage slump problem and if they have sufficient responsiveness for this application.

[@dazerosn7]

maybe just a small energy storage system in between the fans and the cell

[@battlefront2dude66]

What if you add small wind turbine to the suit? That way as the suit drains one battery pack the backup would get charged. Then when the first pack is low it switches to the backup. Then the primary would get charged. You could possibly fly for as long as you want. The only problem is how quickly can the batteries be charged.

[@sparksmcgee6641]

You must be young. The resistance of the fan would increase air resistance. Thw resistance would be considerably more fuel than the charge payback.

[@kingmasterlord]

I see running stilts and jump jets in the future

[@RonLWilson]

There may be a niche application for an electric jet pack even if one has only 2minutes of flight time. That may be enough to allow soldiers to fly over a mine field , river, or swamp. For example if it only takes a minute to fly over a river a soldier could fly over the river land, and then have enough juice left in the battery to fly back over the river. Also, cargo UAVs could fly over extra batteries as well if needed or even ferry back the jet packs for more soldiers to use them to fly over the obstacle to reinforce the first wave. Breeching minefields is a big problem in Ukraine. Also, crossing the Dnieper and the swamps near it river. While kerosene jet packs could be used for this, it might be best to do this in the cover of night since the Russians have limited night vision capability but the plumes from the kerosene jetpacks might give them away. But an electric jet pack would not have a tell tale plume. And as far as its noise, that could be masked by flying UAVs around them so as to create other noise sources. So these might be used to get say a ten man team across a minefield of river that then could be used to gain a foothold on the other side that then could be reinforced by other waves.

[@kingdetox3609]

Traditional get pack !!

[@robyguyroby]

This idea originated in NASA. it was about Lt.Gen Kev Mckenzie. Something about how to get him on a Naval Ship or cruiser quickly and with little detection. The whole thing is about the anatomy of Kev, he is a little off balance...if this idea could work with Kev Mckenzie naturally then anyone could be able to do it, well atleast in the military. Coo right?

[@airraptor]

1050 hp to lift 400 pounds for less than 5 minutes very efficient. true ducted fans are more efficient but only with the same diameter prop/fan. You take the same power above and put that in to a larger prop and you need way less power to lift the cargo. It is nice they are trying but batteries need to be advanced by a lot to work well.

[@airgunningyup]

a hybrid suit might work , where a small engine is acting as the generator to recharge the batteries

[@navaho5430]

50 years and still waiting for a jet pack, the closest I've got is a DJI drone cheers.

[@Serachja]

75 K is -198 C --> Liquid Nitrogen has a bp of -195.8 --> I don't see this temperature as a realistic practical operation temperature

[@macrumpton]

I would have liked to hear the difference between the electric version and the original.

[@greenpowder8719]

it would work much better with VasyFan EDF's, I also bought an edf from VasyFan and I think it is much more efficient than Schubler .

[@emilflognoid1532]

“There real life guys” made a flying bath tub 4 years ago and out fire fire longer than 5 minutes.. and Jlaser built a fight suit out of his garage with off the shelf stuff

[@juan.2438]

Solid state batteries, help us

[@Justwantahover]

I want 2 black ones please!

[@Gyfrctgtdbhf]

Wireless energy transmission like envisioned by Nikola Tesla is the only hope for longer flights if no new major breakthroughs in battery tech are forthcoming soon.

[@arcdecibel9986]

Yeah, and we have that. Have for decades. It's called a cavity magnetron. Now, do you have ANY idea how much microwave power is needed to sustain something like a jetpack? You can't just broadcast it everywhere, because that creates harmful EM radiation. You'd be transmitting the same power to everyone and everything as to the jetpack. So you have to focus the beam, or put it in an enclosed space, like a microwave oven Imagine your microwave being used to power a jetpack, from significant distances, cutting through atmosphere in a directed beam. That's a MASER! A microwave laser that will flash-boil whatever it hits. We already have those, too, but so far they're used as non-lethal weapons because they can't be made into lethal weapons with current power supplies. It just takes way too much energy to flash-boil even tissue at limited range, much less get through any armor. Your idea isn't wrong, but the sheer amount of power it would take to transfer energy from a power source, THROUGH the air, to a jetpack that might change direction at any moment is just a maser beam waiting to go wrong. It's nowhere near worth the devastating cost.

[@gaius_enceladus]

I wonder if they would consider using a *fuel cell* instead of a battery? Fuel cells are extremely efficient and they may not have that "voltage sag" problem.

[@frakyo667]

Start to put exosquelette to pilots to help in landing times and don't brake their legs.

[@jokobodo8222]

Make shoes or boots version of Jetpack as well like the Ironman does.

[@pleasestandby5954]

They tried putting jets on the feet when he was first developing the suit. Didn't work. He explains it in his TED talk

[@nishi1870]

hes cute aw cute boi

[@pforce9]

That suit is obsolete before it is finished, The version we end up with needs to be stood on like the Green Goblin so you can hold a weapon in your hands. This present suit is as clumsy as the James Bond flying suit in Thunderball.

[@gusjackson3658]

And even after years of research and improvements, absentmindedly scratching your nose in flight is still fatal.

[@bratalistic1617]

Hear me out... Neuralink + Electric Hip-Mounted AOT style ODM thrusters to free up hands for futuristic light sabers😅

[@user-fi5mn8vj1j]

when scientists create a portable fusion reactor, we can fly to others continents

[@cvspvr]

how bad is the battery life on this? not only is most of the weight taken up by the rider, but edfs are more than 3x less efficient than propellers

[@wocookie2277]

CATLs new battery could be useful for this.