World's 1st Flying Motorcycle - JetPack Speeder
Speeder Closes in on FAA Certification
Source: JetPack Aviation
New Way to Commute Above Traffic Jams
California-based JetPack Aviation, maker of JetPack personal flying gear, has developed the world's 1st flying motorcycle that's moving toward FAA certification. Here are the pertinent facts:
- One of the world's smallest personal flying aircraft that uniquely operates as a flying street bike
- Flies on 8 small, but very powerful jet engines
- Range of 30 minutes
- Cruising speed for personal use at 60 mph
- Seeking & working with FAA for an airworthiness certificate for experimental aircraft
- VTOL technology (Vertical Takeoff and Landing)
- Now undergoing operational testing in Ventura, CA
- Provides autonomous takeoffs and landings
- Operates on fly by wire technology like a fighter jet
- Very simple operating controls on the handgrip for takeoff, landing, speed and climbing
- Internal flight controller takes instructions from the pilot
- Sensors automatically detect objects, obstacles and avoid collisions
- Potential speeds for consumer version of 250 mph with a F1cover structure around the pilot
- Pre-orders are being taken at a price of $381,000
- Additional, unmanned version of Speeder is being developed for military, cargo and disaster use that can fly in clusters at speeds of 400 mph.
Speeder is a new type of aviation technology to move people, cargo and military/emergency teams in the near future of travel, with FAA certification expected in a few years.
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