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					|  Post subject: Re: Volonaut  Posted:  29 Apr 2025, 21:59  |  |  
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					| Username Protected wrote: I wonder what the engine out procedure is? Death. Any questions? Dan
 
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					|  Post subject: Re: Volonaut Airbike  Posted:  29 Apr 2025, 23:02  |  |  
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					| Already been done, 40 years ago. Now displayed in a museum n Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_X-Jet Engine-out procedure was to wear a parachute; it would fly much higher than shown in that video. Today, they'd just put a BRS in the bike.
 
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					|  Post subject: Re: Volonaut Airbike  Posted:  30 Apr 2025, 08:44  |  |  
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					| Username Protected wrote: Looks fake to me Probably because it is.
 
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					|  Post subject: Re: Volonaut Airbike  Posted:  30 Apr 2025, 09:04  |  |  
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					| Username Protected wrote: Looks fake to me If it is, someone did a really good job modeling jet blast effects on the ground. I suspect it is real in the sense the video does show something flying under its own power. As for it being the "future of mobility", well, no. Mike C._________________
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