{"id":12930,"date":"2016-07-22T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12930"},"modified":"2016-07-22T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:25:55","slug":"sci-tech-the-martin-jetpack-at-the-golf-course-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12930","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: The Martin Jetpack at the golf course and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?s=martin+jetpack\" target=\"_blank\">posted several times<\/a>\u00a0about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinjetpack.com\/\">Martin Jetpack<\/a>\u00a0in development in New Zealand. The vehicle is now going into production and the company is hoping to find markets in a number of different areas. Bubba Watson&#8217;s suggestion of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakley.com\/blog\/bubba-jetpack\/?cm_mmc=CJ-_-AFFILIATE-_-6157500-_-10477753\">Jet Pack\u00a0golf cart<\/a>\u00a0is tongue-in-cheek but it does inspire thoughts of unusual applications that might actually be practical:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/bubba-watsons-crazy-jet-pack-golf-cart-takes-clubs-to-new-heights\/#ftag=CAD590a51e\">Bubba Watson&#8217;s crazy jetpack golf cart takes clubs to new heights &#8211; CNET<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpEkN1NdjKU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video presents\u00a0somewhat more realistic applications:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blg2LfXXqdk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Jetpack deploys a parachute in case of engine failure. Here is a video about tests of the fast deployment mechanism:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ye0cdrJyGRY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve posted several times\u00a0about the Martin Jetpack\u00a0in development in New Zealand. The vehicle is now going into production and the company is hoping to find markets in a number of different areas. Bubba Watson&#8217;s suggestion of a Jet Pack\u00a0golf cart\u00a0is tongue-in-cheek but it does inspire thoughts of unusual applications that might actually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12930\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: The Martin Jetpack at the golf course and beyond<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3my","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11705,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11705","url_meta":{"origin":12930,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Videos &#8211; JetPack Aviation demos new JB-9 in NYC + Two Jetmen fly with A380 + Martin Jetpack update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"JetPack Aviation\u00a0is developing a dual jet turbine powered backpack that will keep a person aloft for up to 10 minutes (vs 30 seconds or so from traditional H2O2 powered rocket packs). 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