This high-flying, jet-powered hoverboard is real

David Pescovitz 9:11 am Mon May 2, 2016

On Saturday, Franky Zapata took his prototype Flyboard Air hoverboard for a rather impressive flight, three miles on the French coast. It's based on Zapata's previous water-powered hoverboard.

When the first short flight video went up last month, The Verge interviewed Zapata:

So there’s three parts to this, right? The board, a fuel tank, and a remote?

Franky Zapata: Yes, the thing I have on my back is like a Camelbak but it’s full of kerosene. Jet A1 (fuel).
The thing I have on my back is like a Camelbak but it’s full of kerosene….

We've been working on it for four years. We tried to figure it out that by using the original Flyboard and just pushing air inside the hose. After that, we took two years to create the great turboreactors, and to create the algorithms to stabilize the Flyboard….

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