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Invention: Snow Skiing With a Jetpack

By on March 7, 2013 in Inventions

If stuntman and extreme sport fanatic Troy Hartman has his way, we might see high speed uphill snow skiing in the Winter Olympics some day.

Did I say uphill?

Hartman built himself a jetpack, strapped it to his back and put on his snow skis. At 50% throttle, he was able to ski at nearly 50 miles per hour on flat terrain. Who knows how fast he’ll be able to ski up the mountains after tweaking his design?

Video after the jump.

Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://www.carpet-cleaning-hacienda-heights.com Richard

    That looks like fun. Is he going to make one for the water as well?

  • http://www.TheEntrepreneurNextDoor.net Cheryl Wills, free lance writer

    Why??? It looks like the only purpose is to destroy that perfect silence on snow covered slopes. One of the few places left (on the ground) to enjoy a sport with other people and enjoy silence at the same time . What’s wrong w/ silence? Why do people always want to fill it up with something?

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    That reminds me of Sergei Khvalin (Self-Propelled Skiing: http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2011/02/01/self-propelled-skiing/) and the giant fan that straps to his back so he can ski around his neighborhood.

    That jet pack is loud. I wonder if he could come up with a way to muffle it some. While that is innovative, Cheryl is right about the noise. If he’s hoping to use the jet pack to ski were a lot of people are out too, he doesn’t exactly create a relaxing atmosphere. If that guy was skiing next to me while I was on vacation, I would probably end up frustrated and wondering why I bothered to try.

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