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Flyboard Air is a type of jetpack/hoverboard powered by gas turbines. [1] It was invented by French water-craft rider Franky Zapata , founder of Zapata racing. It achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest flight by hoverboard in April 2016 of 2,252.4 m (7,389.8 ft; 2,463.3 yd; 1.4 mi). [ 2 ]
A Flyboard rider stands on a board connected by a long hose to a watercraft. Water is forced under pressure to a pair of boots with jet nozzles underneath which provide thrust for the rider to fly up to 22 m (72 ft) in the air or to dive headlong through the water down as far as one is willing to go.
Franky Zapata (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ki zapata]; born 27 September 1978) [1] is a French personal watercraft pilot who is the inventor of the Flyboard and Flyboard Air, and founder of Zapata Racing. Since 2012, Zapata's efforts have been focused on the development and manufacture of personal flyers for land and aquatic applications.
In the most general terms, a jet pack is a wearable device which allows the user to fly by providing thrust.With the exception of use in a microgravity environment, this thrust must be upwards so as to overcome the force of gravity, and must be enough to overcome the weight of the user, the jet pack itself and its fuel.
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