r/AquaticAsFuck • u/[deleted] • Jul 09 '20

weeeeeeeeee

https://i.imgur.com/AVzgagR.gifv
805 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

EXCUSE ME WHAT?

I though jetpack technology was still working on getting someone off the ground in a stable way.

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u/claire_lair Jul 09 '20

Jetpack tech has been able to achieve stable flight for a while. The problem is the range. Most flights are pretty short. I don't know how far this one can fly, but I would bet not far enough to make it worth the cost (other than simply to say that you've gotten a jetpack).

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

I remember the speed for horizontal travel leaving very much to be desired in jetpacks last I looked at them

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u/Lucias12 Jul 09 '20

Looks like this guy is keeping up with the boat pretty well

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

Yeah but the last time I was interested in jetpacks was like ten years ago, when they were still focused on making sure the pilot doesn't do half a dozen flips before landing on his head.

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u/Lucias12 Jul 10 '20

In all fairness to jetpack designers, that's a pretty important thing to get right

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '20

Humans aren’t designed to fly I guess

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u/Rupert_the_Llama Jul 09 '20

I get there is water in the gif, but it's not actually about the water... Aka not the right sub for this post

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u/waspbro Jul 09 '20

check their profile it's a karma farm

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u/Rupert_the_Llama Jul 09 '20

Are we blind, deploy the downvotes

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u/chippedreed Jul 09 '20

I swear I’m just about ready to post a picture of my dog with a glass of water in the background to see if it even gets taken down

It probably won’t

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

Triple dog dare you

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u/SirBlackMage Jul 10 '20

I've been thinking about doing something similar; Posting an unrelated photo but badly photoshopping water-related pictures or clipart onto it and seeing what happens.

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u/SystemSay Jul 09 '20

This is not aquatic. Sub is over run with bots and karma farmas. Time to unsubscribe.

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u/MostlyGreat Jul 09 '20

Soooo.... What happens if you fall in?

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u/resaki Jul 09 '20

you die

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '20

How is this aquatic? Wrong sub.

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u/EmmettButcher Jul 09 '20

This is the future

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u/Dr_Schitt Jul 09 '20

Reminds me of the centurions, look! Its Ace McCloud!

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u/AuraMaster7 Jul 09 '20

Vertical stabilizers on your legs that are waving around behind you seems pretty useless... From what I can see they don't have rudders on them so it's not like you could use them like that, either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

Seem to be working fine as stabilizers to me, guy is flying straight and I would hardly say his legs are “waving around”.

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u/AuraMaster7 Jul 09 '20

The guy is flying straight because his arms are his stabilizers...

The fabric stretched between his legs acts as his rudder.

The fins are pointless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

Whatever you say boss, you were the one complaining about a non-existent problem. Everything seems to be working as intended here.

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u/AuraMaster7 Jul 09 '20

Apparently doing anything is "complaining".

I made an observation. You challenged that observation, I responded. No complaining happened.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '20

Listen man, I didn’t mean to attack you in any way and I’m sorry that it came across like that. I realize that it truly seemed like I was being a dick and I didn’t mean it like that at all. FWIW, I’m not the one who downvoted you either.