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Inventor who built an Iron Man-style flight suit has flown it at TED

by 10dpd on 4/28/17, 8:12 AM with 94 comments

  • by bhouston on 4/28/17, 11:49 AM

    A much much better video with a lot more details, accidents, back story, etc.... but it is covered with Red Bull logos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=291&v=JinhIHIF8E...

  • by aphextron on 4/28/17, 3:20 PM

    I'm far more interested in what these guys are working on with the Flyboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wObBrd9wB6M). Way more controllable and practical, and equally mind blowing.

  • by MrBuddyCasino on 4/28/17, 11:10 AM

    Hackaday discussion: https://hackaday.com/2017/04/13/daedalus-jet-suit-takes-to-t...

    It was noted that at least some shots were most likely fake. I guess this validates it as real?

  • by tsaprailis on 4/28/17, 12:16 PM

    My question when I first saw this was where do you get such jet engines? They look small enough to be from any kind of plane/UAV, but also quite large for any small model aircraft.

    I wonder how easy it is to get one, do you by any chance need any sort of special license to operate them?

  • by joshu on 4/28/17, 4:04 PM

    Here is my own video of him flying.

    https://youtu.be/xSHDK1Ja8x8

  • by H4CK3RM4N on 4/28/17, 10:57 AM

    I thought the point of Iron Man's suit was that the Arc Reactor allowed for stupidly high powered "repulsor beams", which then allowed for force/heat to the generated. This just seems like another Jetpack style design.

  • by apaprocki on 4/28/17, 2:27 PM

    This seems like the latest April 4th, 2017 flight test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hT__fdxWig

  • by teddyh on 4/28/17, 11:15 AM

    Going by the video, it’s less of a “flying” suit and more of a “hover” suit.

  • by agumonkey on 4/28/17, 2:07 PM

    Great, now we can have real live incarnation of Iron Man vs Green Goblin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQLAUFhIxm4

  • by accountyaccount on 4/28/17, 1:17 PM

    Seems like an easy way to become a double amputee.

  • by ChuckMcM on 4/28/17, 4:38 PM

    Fun, it seems there are two versions he's been trying; one with leg thrusters on his calf and one where those thrusters are on the backpack. Watching the video I imagine holding the harm thrusters down to feel a bit like you're holding your self up on parallel bars.

  • by jlebrech on 4/28/17, 11:30 AM

    could tethered electric ducted fans raise someone in a wingsuit to a suitable altitude? as an alternative to this.

  • by idiot74 on 4/28/17, 11:48 AM

    > He was inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor, who killed himself when Mr Browning was a teenager.

    Was this really necessary? Imagine the reaction of the guy: "Oh cool, there's a bbc article on me.. oh... :(".

  • by technotarek on 4/28/17, 12:25 PM

  • by 1ba9115454 on 4/28/17, 11:05 AM

    I can't wait to see my girlfriends face when I land in the back garden wearing one of these.

  • by ijafri on 4/28/17, 11:42 AM

    spoiler: it's not an iron-man style.

    >TED 2017: UK 'Iron Man' demonstrates flying suit (Original title of the post)

    Keyword analysis: TED, BBC, Ironman.

    Conclusion: British Clickbait.

  • by tener on 4/28/17, 11:50 AM

    > He was inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor, who killed himself when Mr Browning was a teenager.

    Inspired he was; his invention clearly has the potential to kill the user. He may end up doing the same thing his father did, though surely I don't wish him such fate.