Thursday, March 1, 2018

  Fastest speed in a body controlled jet engine powered suit: world record set by Richard Browning (VIDEO)
   
   READING, UK -- Clocking 32.02 mph (51.5 km/h) before tumbling into the water, Gravity founder Richard Browning has set the World Record for "fastest speed in a body controlled, jet engine powered suit" at Lagoona Park, in Reading, UK, according to the World Record Academy.

    Photo: British entrepreneur Richard Browning achieved a speed of 32.02 mph (51.53 km/h) on his third timed attempt, before mistiming a turn and dropping into the lake. The Iron Man-style suit is made up of six kerosene-fuelled micro gas turbines, which each have 22 kg of thrust. The jet pack is manoeuvred by human body movement alone to control the flight path of its wearer - there is no remote control device used to steer the suit. Photo: PA (enlarge photo)

    Browning's suit, known as Daedalus , consists of a specially designed exoskeleton, four arm-mounted gas turbine engines and two hip-mounted gas turbine engines.

    The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (TM) for the fastest speed for a towed skateboard is 150 kph (93.2 mph) and was achieved by Steffen Eliassen (Norway) at Rudskogen Motorpark, Norway, on 24 August 2012.

   GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (TM) also recognized the world record for the fastest speed achieved by a monster truck; it is 159.49 km/h (99.1 mph) and was achieved by Mark Hall (USA) driving the Ram Truck brand sponsored monster truck, Raminator, at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, USA, on 15 December 2014.

     As the first company to create a suit of this kind intended for commercial use, Gravity is developing protocols in line with the Civil Aviation Authority.

   The suit includes an advanced Heads-Up Display that highlights key safety and performance information, including fuel levels and engine operation, and medical bubble detectors have been installed to alert the pilot if fuel is running low.

    VIDEO: Fastest speed in a body controlled jet engine powered suit

   The Iron Man-style suit is made up of six kerosene-fuelled micro gas turbines, which each have 22 kg of thrust. The jet pack is manoeuvred by human body movement alone to control the flight path of its wearer - there is no remote control device used to steer the suit.

    The suit is also Wi-Fi-enabled, which allows live data streaming from the suit for both ground monitoring and the HUD system.

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