......I have no words to describe how awesome this must be

[High Lord Tolkien]

www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html


Other videos from the same site.
Just amazing!


www.jet-man.com/performance_eng.html

[stonemaybe]

omfg - i WANT one!

[Menolly]

Wahhh!!

Synopsis of the videos please for those of us on lowly dial-up access?

[Lord Mhoram]

That is really impressive.

[High Lord Tolkien]

Wahhh!!

Synopsis of the videos please for those of us on lowly dial-up access?

The red wings fold up a bit and he gets into a small slow flying propeller plane.
They reach a certian hieght and he jumps/falls out.

The wings expand/unfold (it wasn't clear how in the video)

He free falls for a bit then the rockets under the wings ignite.

It seems he can control the direction and pitch of the wings like on a real plane.

He "lands" feet down by deploying a parachute.
But this also wasn't too clear.
From the camera on his wing it looks like the chute released from his shoulders, he must have to wait until he's out of fuel and free falling again.

[wayfriend]

It does look cool.

It also looks like it can create some pretty spectacular ways to die.

Spectacular Way to Die #1: crash headfirst into something at Mach 2.
Spectacular Way to Die #2: get a leg cramp at 50,000 feet.
Spectacular Way to Die #3: bird poop on plexiglas visor

etc.

[A Gunslinger]

Nifty. Where does one get a set of icarus wings?

[Elfgirl]

I'll buy into one when they are commercially available!!

[Tulizar]

Nifty. Where does one get a set of icarus wings?

I bought mine at the candlemaker's shop.

[Holsety]

It does look cool.

It also looks like it can create some pretty spectacular ways to die.

Spectacular Way to Die #1: crash headfirst into something at Mach 2.
Spectacular Way to Die #2: get a leg cramp at 50,000 feet.
Spectacular Way to Die #3: bird poop on plexiglas visor

etc.

To be fair, I think #1 destroy most planes, if the "thing" is hard enough.

I guess it all comes down to the question of whether it's more painful to bash open your brain, or to die in a fiery explosion and being crunched in your seat or something.