Interesting! I was wondering about the lack of sand/dust at takeoff and landing as well. They should have found some grass instead. Still, if it works I wonder how the battery power will last? It seems like he's not wearing a big battery pack? Or is it a Hydrogen fuel cell?

Hey whatever happened to Steorn Orbo, another fake device first seen on sites like Gizmag?
Supposedly when they went bankrupt the receiver seized all the Orbo devices and presumably could have sold them on eBay (I certainly would have paid up to $20 for one). They seem to have vanished completely?

Almost all product concepts are 'demoed' before they actually exist.

A follow up article would be great.

Fantastic work. Practice speaking by dropping all the "umm" and "uuh". It's most distracting and reduces your effectiveness.

still a bit dishonest/misleading, just say upfront in the video "this is a tethered flight test" and don't edit out the tether, just let it be seen, it may not look as impressive but at least people won't think you're full of $h1t and not trust you when you get found out !

Highly suspect..when u gotta photoshop without telling people that normally screams SCAM. If I'd be an investor in this company I wouldn't walk away I would RUN. Just look at NIKOLA, the at company that faked stuff.

It's really bad news if these video forensics have revealed a truthful conclusion that deception was intentionally engineered into this video. The fact that you've reached out to them for clarification and haven't heard a response is unfortunate and makes their guilt more obvious. If there's gross and willful malpractice at this stage then I would never trust their engineering either - what other shoddy practices are they employing?

The Photoshopping is conclusive, but the physics of suspended objects is even more damning. The "pilot's" body hangs stably vertical from a point well above the field of view. If the propellers alone were holding him aloft his legs would be swinging back and forth with every slight shift in the blade angle.

Yes, I was really excited & looking forward to flying a Copterpack along the NSW Murray river, until I did the numbers, that didn't stack up, unless i lose about 20kg in weight. I'm hoping we will see an affordable personal electric 'airpack' soon....but living in NSW (nanny state) where you can't legally ride an electric scooter on the road or path & with CASA's very restrictive drone rules it just makes it harder.