nanobyte 0 #1 June 12, 2008 Wouldn't it be extremely cool to fly the Iron Man suit that Tony Stark uses in the movie/novel? Until recently I thought that nothing could top skydiving (driving a 911 Turbo or Veyron down our Autobahnen being a close second) - but flying that thing certainly would make skydiving seem rather boring. Imagine you could just take off and fly with supersonic speed - and if you gained enough height, you could free-fall / skydive, then fly up again - as often as you liked, without packing your chute every time, without any waiting time on the ground, without flying up for 20 min. or more in a rather slow (in comparison), packed plane... I usually never fantasize about technology that doesn't exist yet - but this suit dominates my daydreams ever since I first saw it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bfilarsky 0 #2 June 12, 2008 Just come up with a way to power it..... Fusion in a bottle, maybe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #3 June 12, 2008 Quote Just come up with a way to power it..... Fusion in a bottle, maybe? Or good old Stroh Rum? Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #4 June 12, 2008 Gonna need a way to wear a rig on that thing though. No way no how I'm flying around without a back up plan.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 June 12, 2008 Quote Quote Just come up with a way to power it..... Fusion in a bottle, maybe? Or good old Stroh Rum? We're talking about the SUIT, not the PILOT!!!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanobyte 0 #6 June 13, 2008 QuoteGonna need a way to wear a rig on that thing though. No way no how I'm flying around without a back up plan. Shouldn't be a problem. If you use a really simple, just-for-emergency chutes that fits tightly into the suit... Developing such a suit would probably cost a few billion dollars and decades of research anyway... a high-tech chute would probably be the easiest part ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 June 13, 2008 Quote Quote Gonna need a way to wear a rig on that thing though. No way no how I'm flying around without a back up plan. Shouldn't be a problem. If you use a really simple, just-for-emergency chutes that fits tightly into the suit... Developing such a suit would probably cost a few billion dollars and decades of research anyway... a high-tech chute would probably be the easiest part ;-) Nah - if he hits a really good atmonauti, he should just be able to float down... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
