Jetpacks That Fly On Autopilot At 48 Kmph Coming To Ease Your Work Commute

Your jetpack flavoured dreams might be coming true soon, at least according to this start-up from England. Engineers from Maverick Aviation claim that their jetpacks can be operated by anybody safely with minimal training.?

Auto-pilot jetpacks? YES!

According to a statement, the jetpacks developed by Maverick Aviation can fly up to 48 kilometres per hour (30mph). Obtained by Construction Global, the statement mentions that the jetpacks are designed to require none to minimal learning on the user's part.?

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What's good? The jetpack also has an auto-pilot system in place to assist every user.In the statement, Maverick Aviation's co-founder Antony Quinn said that they hope to turn jetpacks from "exciting to useful" with a computer-controlled autopilot system.?

It's unclear whether such pompous claims will materialise in the real world, where there are innumerable hurdles against commercial use of jetpacks owing to safety concerns.In the summer of 2022, the start-up would test its jetpack with humans.?

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What is the utility of these jetpacks??

The jetpacks could be a gamechanger in many fields if the claims hold true. With the jetpacks, employees in the fields of construction and engineering would make their movement-heavy jobs easier.In addition, the claims of no-to-minimal training could be a bonus.

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In the statement, Quinn claimed that the easy-to-use jetpacks would help professionals chart difficult terrains with ease and safely.Jetpacks are not the sci-fi dream we all hoped for them to be. In fact, current jetpack technology hasn't taken off due to safety concerns as well.?

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Only human trials would set the tone of any potential adoption of these easy-to-use jetpacks. Until then, we suggest sticking to public transport.

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