You May Not Be Ready For Actual Hoverboards After Watching One In Action

April 11, 2016

We’ve hardly even managed to harness the sheer force behind water jet packs, and yet we’re already onto the next step. According to Gizmodo, the creator of said water-powered flying mechanism Franky Zapata is now working on a similar product called the Flyboard Air which replaces good old-fashioned H2O with “a turbine engine fed by a backpack full of fuel.” While the flight time maxes out at about 10 minutes, it’s capable of speeds up to 93 miles per hour and an altitude of 10,000 feet. Sounds totally safe to us. Surely cranking some AC/DC will make us forget that the man in the following video could literally fall to his death at any moment.

Yep, that did the trick. Rock ‘n’ roll!

If you couldn't tell by his photo, dignity flew out the window long ago for Cory. But that just means that nothing is off limits, making him the perfect fit to write for Mandatory. Hobbies include: eating pizza, thinking about going for a jog today, writing memes that no one finds funny, and wondering what life would be like if he'd actually put forth the effort to make something of it 10 years ago. He also owns two other hats (not pictured).