Martin Jetpack Flying Satchel Will Be Available Next Year

The company Martin Jetpack has announced that their aircraft-P12 packs will go on sale in the second half of next year. Its retail price will be $ 150,000. The company has already received a license from the US Civil Aviation Administration.

In fact, despite the name, this is not a jetpack. The aircraft P12 is equipped with two propellers, which are driven by an internal combustion engine with 4 valves and a displacement of 2 liters. He works on kerosene. The casing is made of carbon fiber and aluminum. At 45 liters of kerosene, which will fit in the fuel tank, P12 can fly up to 30 km and rise to a height of 1 km. The maximum speed of the device is 74 km / h, the carrying capacity is 120 kg. Other details can be found in the product presentation .



The P12 on-board computer will have a special training program for beginner pilots, which allows you to practice simple operations and small training flights before heading up.

The company demonstrated the jetpack prototype at an  air show in Paris . Visitors could use Oculus Rift to plunge into virtuality and make a computer flight on the device.



The head of the company is confident that the P12 will not only be an interesting toy for the richly priced apartments in Moscow. They are sure that the device will find its customers, for example, in rescue services - in those situations where the doctor needs to get to the patient as soon as possible, and firefighters - to assess the current situation from the air. Due to its compactness and the possibility of vertical landing in a very limited space, the P12, according to the creators, will be able to compete with helicopters.



The ideological mastermind of the apparatus, New Zealander Glen Martin, fired up on the idea of ​​a personal flying satchel still 35 years ago, 1981. He did not count on quick success, and presented to the public the first prototype only in 2004. Then his first sponsor, one of the New Zealand venture funds, drew attention to him.It was originally planned that the cost of the device for end customers would not exceed $ 100 thousand. At the beginning of 2015, Martin Aircraft successfully entered the Australian stock exchange and raised 100 million Australian dollars for IPO.