Jetpack Features Glock Autopistol Aimed By Moving Your Head
The founder of jetpack startup Gravity Industries recently shared a video of him unleashing bursts of pistol fire while in flight.
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JOSEPH TREVITHICK
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PUBLISHED NOV 22, 2023 2:21 PM EST
The idea of a jetpack armed with a pistol that the operator aims remotely just by moving their head and looking at the target sounds like something ripped out of a Hollywood blockbuster or a first-person shooter video game. However, Richard Browning, founder of United Kingdom-based jetpack startup Gravity Industries, has now demonstrated this as a real capability to go along with his company's signature Daedalus Flight Pack.
Browning released the video of the pistol-armed Daedalus in action, and with him at the controls, on TikTok yesterday. The full clip, which is brief, can be seen in the social media post below.
The pistol is attached to Daedalus via a tubular frame and is held in a mount that can at least articulate up and down, and, possibly to a very limited degree, side to side. The pistol is fired remotely by the operator and its movements are tied to a head-tracking system of some kind.
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