Every Secret Agent Wannabe Needs a Quadcopter Belt of Death

You could plausibly argue there are worse offenders , but there ’s no denying thatJames Bond ’s Thunderball jetpackis definitely up there in the pantheon of ludicrous 00 - gadgets . TinkererRodger Cleyerecently tried to put a more realistic twist on the concept , and the result isthis still - ridiculous - but - fully - functioning quadcopter “ belt . ”

Unfortunately , propelling a real human—00 federal agent or not — is out of the question for today ’s technical school ; Cleye had a hard time retrieve ‘ copters that could manage the mere two pounds of his tryout mannequin . In its ruined form , the hula-hula - basket of blades can manage eight minutes of sustained flight . Not sorry if you weigh two pounds . And are n’t loth to brand of day of reckoning near your mid - section . Hey , nobody said being James Bond was easy . [ Hack a Day ]

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