Stumbled upon this... A guy climbs 2200 ft of vert to summit a mountain in 3.5 minutes using a "jet suit." Could there could be real world SAR applications for technology like this? Probably. If jet suits became main stream could there be a lot of assholes flying to the top of Quandary? Definitely.
Jet Suit Mountain Ascent
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Re: Jet Suit Mountain Ascent
Well he already failed to meet the 3000 ft rule.
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Re: Jet Suit Mountain Ascent
Aren't SAR missions done primarily using safe, controlled techniques, so as to not make the rescuer another victim that needs to be rescued? We see some harrowing helicopter rescues, but there's also been a fair amount of unfortunate crashes.
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jibler
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Re: Jet Suit Mountain Ascent
i would wager that drones will be doing SAR stuff before a jetpack dude
even if the drone hauls a dude up there to help
even if the drone hauls a dude up there to help
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Re: Jet Suit Mountain Ascent
bah, everyone knows the future of mountain rescue is jet boots. it's already been done once.
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