Jet-powered rescue pack — goes where lifeboats fear to tread |
| Jet-powered rescue pack — goes where lifeboats fear to tread Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:55 AM PDT This jet-powered rescue suit uses pressurized water to manoeuvre the wearer into position to carry out rescue missions.
The suit is inspired by the JetLev concept (pictured below) which uses three high-pressure columns of water to generate thrust. The Rescue Pack is comparatively smaller and lighter but more manoeuvrable and the designer, Jurmol Yao speculates that it could be used to carry out rescues where conventional lifeboats are not practicable.
As you can see from the images the user operates the device using foot controls leaving the arms free for rescue activities. The device sucks the water through a pipe connected to the rear port and the pump drives the water down again through the left and right nozzles achieving lift.
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