James Bond in Rocket Belt

21 seconds. That’s all the Bell #RocketBelt got before fuel ran dry. Blink and you missed the future. 🚀
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#RocketBelt #21Seconds #Disneyland

A man wearing yellow coveralls, boots, and crash helmet is suspended by cables in a sideways position, giving the appearance that he is standing or walking on a wall. The concrete wall, about 3 meters high, is slightly slanted. In this weird-looking arrangement, the cables bear most of the man’s weight, so that the force between his feet and the wall he “stands” on is equal to the Moon’s gravity, about one-sixth of his weight on Earth. This rig allowed NASA engineers to test movement and equipment under simulated lunar gravity. On his back the operator is wearing a bulky rocket device, resembling a large backpack. Two pipes protrude downward from the left and right sides of this backpack; each pipe appears to end in a rocket nozzle. In the background is a shed holding pipes, valves, and a large metal pressure vessel. I think this is connected by flexible hoses to the jetpack. NASA photo L-1968-08461. Caption reads: Taken in: NASA Langley Author: NASA Description: A NASA Langley researcher "moon walks" under the Lunar Landing Research Facility's gantry. Created on Thursday 1 August 1968

This one from your collection is amazing, given my interest in Bell #RocketBelt history.

Someone is wearing a #jetpack rig to explore flying or hopping under lunar gravity. It seems to be fed by the plumbing & pressure vessel in the background. There is water all over the place.
Photo L-1968-08461.

Was reminded of Rikter the Potatodog again. Every time I think about that mascot, I wish that Dan Schlund or someone did a #rocketbelt stunt flight during one of the San Jose Earthquake's games.

#furryart by Rahir
#fursuit
#jetpacks

A photograph of the Rikter the Cyberdog mascot suit turning to the camera and giving the V sign. He is in someone's backyard.

Art of Rikter the Cyberdog flying over a sports stadium with a rocketbelt. The sports stadium is barely visible underneath him. The sky is blue with hints of purple and a few clouds. Pressurized hydrogen peroxide is shooting out of the rocketbelt's nozzles, which looks like steam.

Was reminded of Rikter the Cyberdog again. Every time I think about that mascot, I wish that Dan Schlund or someone did a #rocketbelt stunt flight during one of the San Jose Earthquake's games.

#furryart by Rahir
#fursuit
#jetpacks

The Bell #RocketBelt design is elegant, perhaps less complicated than a motorcycle. Obtaining highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide is a huge hurdle if you're not a giant aerospace company. But mechanically, fabricating the device is mostly straightforward.

Just as Bell was winding down their #RocketBelt program, Nelson Tyler, having become fascinated, and surreptitiously taken measurements while chatting up crews at Disneyland demo flights, built his own copy.

Memorably, Bill Suitor flew Tyler's device to open the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.