$200,000 Jetpack

We don’t really know much about the EXO-Wing jetpack, but it seems this design is not that unique anymore (OK, it could be the lightest). I can’t say which of these two came first, but Yves Rossy is now presenting his own jet-propelled wings that are flying pretty well, as he claims.

Yves has been working for quite some time on this jetpack, and just recently decided to show it off to the public. The wings span over 8 feet with four jet engines. In order to test the jetpack, Rossy dropped out of an airplane at roughly 7,500 feet and skydived and glided for a mile or so. Then, he managed to start the engines which allowed him to soar around in the sky performing various maneuvers like figure-8s and 360 loops. Check out this clip :



For the inventor, the device feels like a second skin, responding flawlessly to any command and making it pretty easy to control. Rossy has spent nearly $200,000 on this project, but he didn’t actually mention anything about a commercial replica of his jetpack. Presumably, the commercial version would cost about as much as the prototype and that alone means we won’t be getting our hands on one of these any time soon.

Want to know more about this project? Visit the official page.