Jetpack Pilots: Frankie Zapata
Today marks 40 years of French engineer-inventor Frankie Zapata . He began his extreme career as a racer on water scooters, then became involved in water jetpacks and redeveloped to a fiery turbojet flying platform.
Frankie Zapata developed 5.5 products:
Under the cat - the chronology of key videos of his achievements (many videos).
From 2007 to 2010 - a few videos where young Frankie rides on water bikes (and even exploded once).
The beginning of the era of soaring in the water jet stream.
The toy turned out well, Frankie even learned to do back flips. Double.
We gather like-minded people all over the world:
Frankie conceived something and shared in an interview:
A hoverboard, like a flyboard, works from a jet ski, only it has no shoes and the nozzle is directed not downwards like a flyboard, but backwards, which gives speed and height. Hoverboard is able to rise into the air to a height of 6 meters, and the speed of movement can reach 40 km / h. Load capacity: up to 110 kg. The range of required power of a water bike: 180-300 l. with.
Frankie made a flying platform on impellers on a thick, thick electric cable. (I approximately thought I needed 1 kiloampere and 50 volts for such a thing.)
This jetpack, only water. (Available at the box office in Moscow.)
First flight April 9, 2016:
- 10 minutes of flight
- speed up to 150 km / h
- 3 km flight range
Frankie Zapata was able to fly
2252.4 meters on his Flyboard UFO hoverboard . The achievement was recorded in France on April 30, 2016.
360 ° video
Flying on the stage on gas.
Exclusive interview:
(who knows French, help translate)
EZ Fly is an advanced modification of the Flyboard Air. Several key upgrades - and Frankie has developed air transport that is easy to fly and learn quickly, and as safe as ever in the history of vertical take-off vehicles. Even a non-pilot can master this thing. Advanced stabilization and triple redundancy reduce risk, even for non-pilots.
Possible uses:
Sion Airshow 2017.
Night flight.
Marseille, sea, sunset, Zapata.
Once upon a time in Mexico.
Grand Prix Formule 1.
Cannes.
(Very well, you can see the starting podium)
Grand Prix Moto.
360 ° crazy video.
Sara park.
Green Lamborghini.
Cannes, Redbull Air Race, "view from the eyes"
Happy birthday, Frankie!
Thank you for the inspiration.
You can follow how we are doing the first Russian turbojet vertical take-off here:
- blog on Habré
- Telegram channel
- VK group
- my Fb profile
- letters to write here alexey.stacenko@gmail.com
Frankie Zapata developed 5.5 products:
- Jetpack ZR (water)
- Flyboard ZR (water)
- Hoverboard ZR (water)
- Flyboard Air ZR (fire
) + EZ Fly - Flyride ZR (water)
Under the cat - the chronology of key videos of his achievements (many videos).
From 2007 to 2010 - a few videos where young Frankie rides on water bikes (and even exploded once).
2007-2010
Чемпионат Европы
Ничего интересного, брызги и рев.
Взорвался мотор Arbatax UIM world championship
2007
Чемпионат Европы
Ничего интересного, брызги и рев.
2008
2009
2010
Взорвался мотор Arbatax UIM world championship
The beginning of the era of soaring in the water jet stream.
2011 - Flyboard
more tuning for jet skis<oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8v04g8hnE
2012 - worldwide distribution and acrobatics
The toy turned out well, Frankie even learned to do back flips. Double.
We gather like-minded people all over the world:
2013
Frankie conceived something and shared in an interview:
2014 - Hoverboard ZR
A hoverboard, like a flyboard, works from a jet ski, only it has no shoes and the nozzle is directed not downwards like a flyboard, but backwards, which gives speed and height. Hoverboard is able to rise into the air to a height of 6 meters, and the speed of movement can reach 40 km / h. Load capacity: up to 110 kg. The range of required power of a water bike: 180-300 l. with.
2015 - the first non-aqueous samples
Frankie made a flying platform on impellers on a thick, thick electric cable. (I approximately thought I needed 1 kiloampere and 50 volts for such a thing.)
2015 - Jetpack ZR
This jetpack, only water. (Available at the box office in Moscow.)
2016 - Flyboard Air
First flight April 9, 2016:
- 10 minutes of flight
- speed up to 150 km / h
- 3 km flight range
Guinness World Record
(Farthest flight in hoverboard)Frankie Zapata was able to fly
2252.4 meters on his Flyboard UFO hoverboard . The achievement was recorded in France on April 30, 2016.
360 ° video
“Alo, we are looking for talents”
Flying on the stage on gas.
Exclusive interview:
(who knows French, help translate)
2017 - FLYRIDE
2017 - EZ Fly
EZ Fly is an advanced modification of the Flyboard Air. Several key upgrades - and Frankie has developed air transport that is easy to fly and learn quickly, and as safe as ever in the history of vertical take-off vehicles. Even a non-pilot can master this thing. Advanced stabilization and triple redundancy reduce risk, even for non-pilots.
Possible uses:
Still beautiful flights:
Sion Airshow 2017.
Night flight.
2018
Marseille, sea, sunset, Zapata.
Once upon a time in Mexico.
Grand Prix Formule 1.
Cannes.
(Very well, you can see the starting podium)
Grand Prix Moto.
360 ° crazy video.
Sara park.
Green Lamborghini.
Cannes, Redbull Air Race, "view from the eyes"
PS
Happy birthday, Frankie!
Thank you for the inspiration.
You can follow how we are doing the first Russian turbojet vertical take-off here:
- blog on Habré
- Telegram channel
- VK group
- my Fb profile
- letters to write here alexey.stacenko@gmail.com