01:27Germany: Skyflash!-making unassisted human flight possible
Germany: Skyflash!- making unassisted human flight possible
22-year-old Fritz Unger prepared to take to the air with 'Skyflash', his homemade, diesel-powered jetpack wingframe in Hannover on Saturday. The Skyflash team helped Unger prepare for the mock trial run, assisting with the assembly of the Skyflash wingframe and securing Unger's gear.
Skyflash is the world's first jet-powered wingframe meant for unaided human flight. Utilising a customised skateboard, Skyflash is able to take off and land on a runway. Unger built the 26 kg wood and fiberglass Skyflash himself in a workshop at his family home in Hannover over a period of 5 years.
Comparing his wingframe to previous similar devices, Unger said: "The main difference between Project Skyflash and everything that is existing up to this point is that those projects are just skydiving devices while we are a real aircraft which will be able to take off from the ground and land there again."
Project Skyflash is rapidly approaching the ability to demonstrate sustained and unassisted human flight. Unger commented on the deadline for when Skyflash will be ready to take to the skies, saying: "We are now in the final phases of preparation and hope to flying within a few months."
01:27Germany: Skyflash!- making unassisted human flight possible
22-year-old Fritz Unger prepared to take to the air with 'Skyflash', his homemade, diesel-powered jetpack wingframe in Hannover on Saturday. The Skyflash team helped Unger prepare for the mock trial run, assisting with the assembly of the Skyflash wingframe and securing Unger's gear.
Skyflash is the world's first jet-powered wingframe meant for unaided human flight. Utilising a customised skateboard, Skyflash is able to take off and land on a runway. Unger built the 26 kg wood and fiberglass Skyflash himself in a workshop at his family home in Hannover over a period of 5 years.
Comparing his wingframe to previous similar devices, Unger said: "The main difference between Project Skyflash and everything that is existing up to this point is that those projects are just skydiving devices while we are a real aircraft which will be able to take off from the ground and land there again."
Project Skyflash is rapidly approaching the ability to demonstrate sustained and unassisted human flight. Unger commented on the deadline for when Skyflash will be ready to take to the skies, saying: "We are now in the final phases of preparation and hope to flying within a few months."