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News Aerospace

UK inventor sets flying jet suit record

9th November 2017 9:47 am 9th November 2017 10:35 am

UK inventor Richard Browning has soared into the record books with a new Guinness World record for the fastest speed in a body controlled jet engine powered suit.

During the record attempt, which took place over a lake at Lagoona Park in Reading, Browning – a former royal marine reservist and founder of technology firm Gravity Industries – achieved a speed of 32.02mph (51.53km/h).

The record was verified by adjudicator Pravin Patel who made sure that the speed was measured accurately over a minimum distance of 100m.

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Credit: Guinness World Records

As previously reported by The Engineer the so-called Daedulus suit is made up of four miniaturised arm-mounted gas turbine engines and two hip-mounted versions each providing 22kg of thrust and providing enough lift to enable the wearer to fly.

Controlled by the pilot’s body movement, the suit is Wi-Fi enabled and includes a Heads-Up Display that can highlight key safety and performance indicators, including fuel levels and engine operation. It also allows live data streaming from the suit for both ground monitoring and the HUD system.

Following his achievement Browning said that he plans to improve the suit’s performance and efficiency by adding wings.

Browning’s record attempt took place in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2017 (Thursday 9 November).

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Comments
  • Jack Broughton 10th November 2017 at 5:54 pm

    Gotta have one of these, would beat the M6 queues. Some glider-based design of the outfit would probably help (as used by sky-divers).

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  • Jim Coates 11th November 2017 at 9:23 am

    Jack you might like to see Yvese Rossy for that 😉
    https://youtu.be/x2sT9KoII_M

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    • Jack Broughton 13th November 2017 at 11:28 am

      Thanks for the link, Jim. Great examples of what can be done: I’d need autopilot to survive the first flight!

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  • Paul Anderson 6th October 2020 at 5:53 pm

    It would be great to think that one day disabled people could use the suit to enjoy what fell walkers have enjoyed for so long.

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  • Peter Hodkinson 8th October 2020 at 9:29 am

    Super heroes have come of age. What a fantastic use of technology – big planes, model aircraft and now flying man. A true use of thinking across the disciplines
    Great job done. We need more out of the box thinkers, especially those who challenge the ‘cant be done’ brigade.

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