Hey all,
Here is a big 'What if....'
In the past, I was thinking how cool it would be to not require a plane to do freefall skydiving. What if you had a reloadable dry propellant rocket that would safely take you to say 4,000 or 7,000 feet, and nearly instantly, say 10 to 30 seconds, if that.
Then at altitude, you freefall, then pull your chute when its time.
No plane is needed... This would save you some funds (if the rocket cartridges were inexpensive enough).
Now.... Then think about a flying suit. Wings, very light, and if you could take off from the ground.. Think of a mix between Batman's little freefall flight suit where he can land safely after jumping from a building. But then add a way to take off.. (I have no idea.. I think a flapping powered drive would be the way to go, silent and easy). You could safely fly to work or just go for a flight...
Now.. (again) bare with me..
I just saw the previews for IronMan. At one point, 2 F-24's are chasing him at high altitude as he is out flying around. Very cool, looks crazy or too far fetched (for us now in these times). But what if...
If you could run a fuel and engines for extended periods of time, like a new fuel that is made from a heavy material, and it burns 10X longer, and 10X more powerful, you could possibly even leave the atmosphere. You could go to the space station in a simple space suit. You could 'leave' the space station in your suit and drop in at home..... If you could decellerate and not burn up in the re-entry.
I have been playing this new game, X3 Terran Conflict (or X3 TC for short). Great game. In it, you can leave your space craft and you have this cool EVA suit with small engines, etc. Seeing the Ironman teaser and thinking of that EVA suit and people doing freefall jumps from their front yards, had me thinking, lol...
What if...
Bill
Here is a big 'What if....'
In the past, I was thinking how cool it would be to not require a plane to do freefall skydiving. What if you had a reloadable dry propellant rocket that would safely take you to say 4,000 or 7,000 feet, and nearly instantly, say 10 to 30 seconds, if that.
Then at altitude, you freefall, then pull your chute when its time.
No plane is needed... This would save you some funds (if the rocket cartridges were inexpensive enough).
Now.... Then think about a flying suit. Wings, very light, and if you could take off from the ground.. Think of a mix between Batman's little freefall flight suit where he can land safely after jumping from a building. But then add a way to take off.. (I have no idea.. I think a flapping powered drive would be the way to go, silent and easy). You could safely fly to work or just go for a flight...
Now.. (again) bare with me..
I just saw the previews for IronMan. At one point, 2 F-24's are chasing him at high altitude as he is out flying around. Very cool, looks crazy or too far fetched (for us now in these times). But what if...
If you could run a fuel and engines for extended periods of time, like a new fuel that is made from a heavy material, and it burns 10X longer, and 10X more powerful, you could possibly even leave the atmosphere. You could go to the space station in a simple space suit. You could 'leave' the space station in your suit and drop in at home..... If you could decellerate and not burn up in the re-entry.
I have been playing this new game, X3 Terran Conflict (or X3 TC for short). Great game. In it, you can leave your space craft and you have this cool EVA suit with small engines, etc. Seeing the Ironman teaser and thinking of that EVA suit and people doing freefall jumps from their front yards, had me thinking, lol...
What if...
Bill