The jetpack is the holy grail of futuristic transportation. What do you need to build one? HOW TO BUILD EVERYTHING Series premiere Wed, Jun 22 at 10/9c on Science! Subscribe to Science Channel:...
========== ♪♪YOU'VE SEEN IT ON BOBA FETT.
YOU'VE SEEN IT ON THE ROCKETEER.IT'S THE JETPACK --THE HOLY GRAIL
OF FUTURISTIC TRANSPORTATION.THE IDEA OF JUST BEING ABLE
TO STRAP ON A PACKAND FLY ANYWHERE
YOU WANT TO GO --HOW ABOUT THAT
FOR BEATING TRAFFIC?Narrator: TODAY, YOU WILL
BE BUILDING A JB-9 JETPACK,THE ONLY TRUE JETPACK
IN OPERATION IN THE WORLD.I THOUGHT THIS WAS NOT A THINGTHAT HAD BEEN
PROPERLY INVENTED YET.THIS EXISTS?Narrator: YOU WILL NEED
TWO JET TURBINE ENGINES,THROTTLE AND STEERING
HAND CONTROLS,A KEROSENE FUEL TANK,A CARBON-FIBER MOLDED HARNESS,AND A HATRED
OF SITTING IN TRAFFIC.LET'S GET STARTED.STEP ONE -- NECESSITY IS
THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.SO FIRST, BECOME FED UPWITH EXISTING
PERSONAL-FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY.IN THE PAST, JETPAC...