Thrustpac - A Jetpack for Your Bicycle
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 01. 8.07
Just in case you missed this one when it first started doing the rounds of the blogsphere. Take the world’s most efficient transport and give it a petroleum- based power boost. Err. Even if it gets, as claimed, 240km (150 miles) to the gallon, we remain wrinkle browed. Especially as the rider has to fork over somewhere around $1,200 to $2,900 USD, so they can strap a a possible 9 kg (20 lb) lump to their back. Apparently you adjust your speed (up 55 kph or 35 mph) by flexing the attached glove. If we set aside our sensible caveats (OH&S, fiscal and environmental), it does look like a heap of fun. It did, at least, make us smile. ::Personal Propulsion, via Metro.
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This looks rather silly. If it could blow alll the leaves in the yard in a pile then maybe, jsut maybe!
Oh, good. Something else to make alternative transportation look silly and fringe. ;-)
Kind of high priced. Seems to me you could do an electric one pretty easily, head off to a junk yard or auto parts store and buy a car radiator fan and hook it to a battery.