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Watch This Real-Life Helicopter Backpack in Action – Gizmodo Australia
If you’ve spotted a strange flying man around Australia lately you’re not alone. A local company has invented a backpack helicopter that actually works.
A long sought after goal of humans has been the ability to fly. We definitely don’t belong in the sky but we’ll give it a go anyway. Enter this guy and his helicopter backpack.
This flying contraption looks like it’s been pulled straight out of a Marvel movie, but rest assured there’s no CGI here.
This new gadget is known as the CopterPack.
It’s described as an electric backpack helicopter with a self-levelling autopilot. It uses a lightweight airframe made from carbon fibre honeycomb. It’s a manned…
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