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Are those regulations specific only to aircraft? In any case, I agree that person will be in a very sticky situation when found.
If a lawnchair hanging from balloons was an aircraft subject to FAA restrictions - and it was - then so is a jetpack.
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Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
Title 14. Aeronautics and Space
Chapter I. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subchapter A. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Part 1. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Section 1.1. General definitions.
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Aircraft means a device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.
Obviously the guy shouldn't have been that close to the flight lanes, regardless of altitude.
Getting that out of the way, do we think there is a lot of increased danger from being up at 3,000 feet? Assuming no parachute you're just as dead if you fall from 100 feet as 3,000 feet, right? There's no significant pressure gradient or oxygen deprivation at that altitude, leading to either loss of consciousness or oxygen supply problems for the engine.
So is it just general stupidity people are talking about, or am I missing something?
Its the flying a jetpack on the final approach path to a major airport (or really in any class B or C airspace) . If you think a bird strike is bad...
There should have been a report or sighting by now.....almost impossible to takeoff with the huge noise of those jets and fly to altitude and return with no one seeing it during the day......
This has got me thinking...to lift and fly a person, you wouldnt need much thrust/propulsion, Im not sure what the smallest jet engine is today, Ive seen some around 14" long, about 8" diameter...but really, they could be made smaller, if you wanted one with just enough thrust to lift and propel an average person (180 lbs)..
Anyone estimate what size jet engine would be needed here?
This has got me thinking...to lift and fly a person, you wouldnt need much thrust/propulsion, Im not sure what the smallest jet engine is today, Ive seen some around 14" long, about 8" diameter...but really, they could be made smaller, if you wanted one with just enough thrust to lift and propel an average person (180 lbs)..
Anyone estimate what size jet engine would be needed here?
Several candidates around now.........here's 89lbs of thrust........the gravity guys are running 4 jets on the hands and one on the back.........doubt they would need one this big...........
Several candidates around now.........here's 89lbs of thrust........the gravity guys are running 4 jets on the hands and one on the back.........doubt they would need one this big...........
Wow, that one only weighs 8lbs, and looks to be 14" long, and 5" diameter, thats pretty small for a jet engine, Im surprised it only produces 89lbs of thrust.
If a lawnchair hanging from balloons was an aircraft subject to FAA restrictions - and it was - then so is a jetpack.
This did cause a bit of debate among aviator friends last night. Imagine, if you will, someone launching himself on a ballistic arc that enters and then exits controlled airspace with, say, a catapult, a compressed-air cannon or even a solid-rocket booster that detaches before he reaches the controlled zone. While in the restricted zone, all he's got on him is the stowed parachute he'll use for landing after his trajectory leaves the zone again. Is he in an aircraft and, as such, under FAA jurisdiction?
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