KF7TBA+K7LWA's Friday Insomniac-Net BLOG: 2016[32]A -- Ins-Net As for Aug 05, 2016: The Flyboard® [A-B-T|A]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[32], Aug 05, 2016 [ A - B - T|A ]
Tonight's Topic: "The Flyboard®"
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    Do you know a Frenchman named Franky Zapata?
    If you do, then you probably know that he invented a new Water Toy -- the Flyboard®.
    A Flyboard® is essentially a pair of boots connected by hose to a jet ski or other personal watercraft.
    The propulsion from the boots can lift someone 50 to 55 feet in the air.
    On April 30, 2016, Franky grabbed the official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the farthest flight by a Flyboard® -- covering a distance of 2,200m (1.3 miles) with an average speed of 50-60km/h (~35mph).
    So, how much do you know about the Flyboard®?
    Accordingly, we offer for your approval, 3 questions about the Flyboard®!
Please choose your answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each of the following question.
   Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
    Ok, jump on your Flyboard® and spray some H₂O...

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++ The Flyboard® ++
Question #1: When did Franky Zapata invent the Flyboard®?
        A. 2011, or
        B. 2015, or
        C. 2016.
    The Flyboard is a type of snowboard-cum-hoverboard – think Marty McFly from Back to the Future – which connects to a jet ski with a long hose. Water is forced to a pair of boots on the board with jet nozzles underneath thrusting the rider out of the water to heights of nearly 50ft, or enabling them to dive in the water to depths of 8ft.
    Franky started out in jet-ski racing, founding his own company, Zapata Racing, in 2008 before deciding to expand and give the business an edge by inventing the Flyboard in 2011. ‘My idea was to fly above the water no matter how,’ he says; ‘I had the chance to believe very strongly in my dream.’           [SOURCE: DailyMail: We have lift-off (or maybe not!)]

"Bonjour, M. Franky!"

Question #2: What's another name for a Flyboard®?
        A. Hoseboard, or
        B. Hoverboard, or
        C. Marlarkey!
    Franky Zapata, the French jet ski champion who invented the Flyboard Air, has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight.
    Zapata achieved the feat Saturday morning off the coast of Sausset-les-Pins in the South of France, riding his Flyboard Air hoverboard for a distance of more than 2,252 meters (7,388 feet).
    That far surpasses the previous record of 275.9 meters (905 feet, 2 inches), set last year by Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru.
        [SOURCE: A man just smashed a world record with a jet-powered hoverboard]

Question #3: Last week, a man turned his Flyboard® into a fire extinguisher by hovering over a burning boat on a Minnesota lake and extinquishing the fire. True or False?
T|A. True, or
F|B. False.

A man turned his flyboard into a fire extinguisher by hovering over a burning boat on a Minnesota lake on Saturday. At around 3pm on Cross Lake, Paul Gavic saw a boat on fire from his nearby dock and called for his son, Jesse Gavic.

Jesse strapped into his flyboard, attached to a personal watercraft driven by brother Caleb Gavic, and headed for the burning boat.
After reaching the boat, it only took about two minutes for Jesse to extinguish the fire using the water propelled from his board.

    The people on the boat jumped out and were picked up by a pontoon.
    No one was injured.
    A skyboard is essentially a pair of boots connected by hose to a jet ski or other personal watercraft.
    The propulsion from the boots can lift someone 50 to 55 feet in the air.

They had approached the boat’s owners before taking action. “We went over and said, ‘Hey, is that your boat?’ and they said yeah and we said, ‘Do you mind if we put it out?'” Paul Gavic said. The fire department arrived shortly after Jesse put the fire out.

You can watch the video here. There's an additional news video here

[SOURCE: Flyboarder became human fire extinguisher to save burning boat]

VIDEOS:
Flyboard Air sets world record for farthest hoverboard flight
Marty McFly Flies
Daily Mail Video

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