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Civil Defense Service of the largest city of the United Dubai Emirates recently ordered a batch of jetpacks production of the famous New Zealand company “Martin Aircraft”. Unique personalized aircraft planned use by Dubai rescuers and firefighters in the coming years.
According to local officials, so far they have purchased only twenty jetpacks and a couple of training simulators for training Specialists flying with knapsacks. If a similar technique will be effective and appropriate for such purposes, power will get a few dozen more portable flying apparatuses. They will be used during high altitude fires. buildings because in such emergencies the upper floors and the roofs of skyscrapers are often inaccessible to rescuers with traditional fire fighting equipment.
With a 45 liter gas tank, portable rocket pack able to lift one hundred twenty kilograms of cargo, taking into account the pilot and to fly about half an hour. Jetpacks are driven four-cylinder internal combustion engines. Wherein New Zealand rocket pack can reach speeds of seventy four kilometers per hour and climb a kilometer high. Local rescuers felt that this was enough, because the tallest building in Dubai (and the planet as a whole) – a skyscraper Burj Khalifa – has a height of eight hundred twenty eight meters.
Dubai firefighters will use jetpacks models “Personal Jetpack”, optionally equipped with heaters visions. Such devices are characterized not only by excellent quality, but also very high cost. The price of one satchel is two hundred and fifty thousand american dollars. However, the authorities cities say that for the sake of saving lives, it’s possible and even necessary “ruin” the city treasury for a round sum. Expected that jetpacks and training simulators will be delivered to Dubai already in early next year.
