A parachute system equipped with a 1.5m (4.9ft)-span delta wing and two micro-turbojets which could propel a paratrooper 200km (110nm) from a drop point could be tested from third-quarter 2007.
The wing has aileron- and flap-like control surfaces along its trailing edge, and around 2 litres (0.5USgal) of jet fuel housed in flexible containers in its leading edge. The surfaces would be controlled by the parachutist using handles linked to servomechanisms.
The system will allow special operations troops to be inserted well behind enemy lines or permit them to exit the airplane outside hostile areas and "fly" into the operational area.
I would sure like to try this and I'm sure that it is not as easy as it may appear. I have over 530 paracuhute jumps (26 US Forest Service as a smokejumper and 500+ freefalls) and would like to try this! Really cool.
On the other hand, several jumpers have used cloth extensions on their jumpsuits in an effort to improve their glide ratio (conventional planing will give you a 2 to 1 ratio (2 units down and 1 forward). Air pressure prevented them from opening their parachutes and they dented the ground!
I would sure like to try this and I'm sure that it is not as easy as it may appear. I have over 530 paracuhute jumps (26 US Forest Service as a smokejumper and 500+ freefalls)
I can only imagine that you want to do more
I guess u don't need a reason or this gryphon..... If you ask me, u should have been the one to develop this....
Fly Like A (Jet-powered) Bird
Just in time for summer, it's Batman meets James Bond ... not at the movies, but up in the skies. A German company, ESG, introduced its prototype of a jet-powered wing that will enable parachutists to fly over 100 miles from the airplane to a landing site. Designed for the military, the system enables paratroopers with a new degree of versatility. The wing is now being tested sans jet engines, but still has a glide distance of about 25 miles with jumps from 32,000 feet. It also enables jumpers to operate at night and in bad weather, using a stabilization system to deal with adverse wind conditions, ESG said. And the next version of the system will have even more capability. The jet-equipped wing, which will weigh about 66 pounds, will have a cargo compartment. The jumper would have to be supplied with oxygen and thermal clothing. Of course, no new gizmo is without predecessors. Swiss pilot Yves Rossy jumped with a similar contraption in 2004, and flew horizontally for over four minutes at about 100 knots, using small jet packs for power.
A parachute system equipped with a 1.5m (4.9ft)-span delta wing and two micro-turbojets which could propel a paratrooper 200km (110nm) from a drop point could be tested from third-quarter 2007.
The wing has aileron- and flap-like control surfaces along its trailing edge, and around 2 litres (0.5USgal) of jet fuel housed in flexible containers in its leading edge. The surfaces would be controlled by the parachutist using handles linked to servomechanisms.
for the update. 