Ever fancied being Iron Man? Now you can. A jet suit created by a British former commodities trader has gone on sale in a London department store with a cool price tag of £340,000 ($592,000 Cdn).
Made up of five miniature jet engines mounted on the pilot’s arms and back, and also of electronics and 3D printed parts, the suit by Gravity Industries is reminiscent of the one worn by Robert Downey Jr as Marvel superhero Iron Man.
Running on jet fuel or diesel, it has a speed record of 50 kilometres per hour and altitude limit of 3,600 metres, though inventor Richard Browning hovers only a few metres above the ground when using it, for safety reasons.
He has taken it
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