Great, one more piece of equipment that every swat team will just HAVE to have, to go with the armored troop carriers, the tanks, and semi-auto AR-15's (note: not an assault rifle) that are just too scary for civilians to own. Why, with this tool, they could post airborne snipers armed with Tracking Point scopes, to better "handle" anyone who disagrees with their definition of "Domestic Terrorist".
Thanks guys, for a while there, I thought with an order for more than 1.6 billion rounds, and only another million or so in frangible rounds, they might just have been out gunned.
Though I missed the rocket launchers........next model?"sigh." (I only WISH this was sarcasm)

there is no pilot onboard. increasing the MTOW by 70-100kg is going to make the motor work a lot harder than this.

Ducted fans are jets now? Its less a jetpack and more a strap-on airplane. The motor sounds like an interesting base for a few projects.

Can you imagine how many rich morons will kill themselves in these things, a parachute doesn't help when you fly into tall objects due to lack of skill and just plain stupidity :)

Jetman is laughing in his armchair. You can't call it a jetpack unless the thrust and your body points horizontally, and you travel like a bat out of hell.

Still of limited use - you can't carry much gear with you and would probably need a helicopter winch to complete any rescue. Still, first response from the tray of a nearby 4WD pickup or SES van would be good in hilly areas while a copter is readied.

Pretty sure this will be just for recreational use, or using it to travel short distances for the rich people who can afford it, like traveling to your cottage... from your other cottage.
Or maby traveling to work if its not more then 30km away.

Uhm... is the engine the offspring of four Honda CR500 powerplants?

Tell me they're going to put a silencer on that exhaust! Bloody hell, 'tis bad enough now with all the microlights and private aircraft buzzing around here, 7 days a week. This is going to irritate the hell out of the neighbours. And anyway, surely an internal combustion engine is obsolete in this role. Wasn't there an outfit developing an electrically powered, back-pack thingy, or did that fall by the wayside. (Sorry)

Why not make this unmanned and use it for things like plucking people from the water or other places where people need rescuing. An unmanned version would be just as safe as a manned version.