Daily Mail: 'Flying soldier' arrives at Bastille Day parade on an 118mph Back to the Future-style hoverboard as Macron shows off France's military innovation in front of world leaders including Angela Merkel
Franky Zapata, 40, brandished an unloaded rifle as a he raced at 118mph above world leaders in Paris today
Mr Zapata calls his invention the Flyboard Air, and admits it is similar to the hoverboard used by Marty McFly
Earlier Macron was booed during the Bastille day celebrations by protesters from the Yellow Vest movement
He was hosting EU leaders including Jean-Claude Juncker and Angela Merkel for July 14 celebration in Paris
A 'flying soldier' caused astonishment in Paris today when he arrived at France's Bastille Day parade on an 118mph 'Back to the Future'-style hoverboard.
Franky Zapata, 40, brandished an unloaded rifle as a he raced at high speed above world leaders including President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Then he landed comfortably on his so-called Flyboard, which he hopes to sell to the French military.
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WNU Editor: Wow! That was unexpected.
Well: https://youtu.be/35IG66H7vLE
ReplyDeleteBehold the glorious birth of the Force Spatiale Française
ReplyDeleteJust kidding, that’s a nice ‘platform’—
ReplyDeleteThough, in real life, possibly not as useful as it might appear at first glance.
Ie—I think we just witnessed its current range.
ReplyDeleteBut think of the kittyhawk.
Ok, but think of the shotgun.
Zapata and Michael Jordan/Nike should team up for a civilian Air-Jordan-Zapata
ReplyDeleteThat's the coolest thing I've seen all day.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s the range you think?
ReplyDeleteIm gonna look it up.
DeleteJust as I thought: it’s jet powered.
DeleteGas-turbine. That’s how it sounded to me
From
https://zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair
“Inventors have been chasing the dream of personal flight for decades, but no one else has achieved it in the way that Zapata has. Zapata’s unique and innovative approach comes from its experience in hydroflight, its use of turbine engines over conventional electric propellers and the use of intuitive flight controls designed around the human body.
Turbine Engines
Turbine engines have up to ten times the power to weight ratio of other power sources.
You can install a lot more power into a confined space.
More efficient in turning chemical energy into thrust.“
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/4/confirmed-franky-zapata-sets-new-farthest-hoverboard-flight-record-in-france-427011
2,252 meters/ 1.4 miles
The zapata website sez:
DeleteCapability Demonstrated Predicted
Maximum Speed 140 km/h 200 km/h
Maximum Altitude 150 meters 3,000 meters
Flight Time 6 minutes 30 minutes
Maximum Capacity 100 kg 200 kg
So many questions....
ReplyDelete“Ok, but think of the shotgun”
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the bag limit is on those?
Had that marketing demonstration happened at an American event, the Secret Service would have Swiss cheesed him. Remember Anwar Sadat.
The silver surfer
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