The jet powered

flyboard
The hydro powered
flyboard
Hydroflight sports are a category of sport in which water jet propulsion is used to create sustained flight
where lift and movement are controlled by a person riding on a propulsion device. It is a fast-paced sport
that is growing in popularity at a fine rate of speed. Competitions for this sport started around 2012. There
are many training centres throughout the world where beginners to go to learn and practice skills so they
can fly these devices by themselves.

Franky Zapata
Flyboard Air is a type of jetpack/hoverboard powered by gas turbines. It wasinvented by French water-
craft rider Franky Zapata, founder of Zapata racing. It achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest
flight by hoverboard in April 2016 of 2,252.4 m (7,389.8 ft; 2,463.3 yd; 1.4 mi).

Flyboard Air is a type of jetpack/hoverboard powered by gas turbines.[1] It was invented by French water-
craft rider Franky Zapata, founder of Zapata racing.
It achieved a Guinness World Record for farthest flight by hoverboard in April 2016 of 2,252.4 m
(7,389.8 ft; 2,463.3 yd; 1.4 mi).[2] Zapata Racing claims that it allows flight up to an altitude of 3,000
metres (9,800 ft) and has a top speed of 150 km/h (93 mph). It also has 10 minutes' endurance.[3] The
load capacity is 102 kg (225 lb). The "jet-powered hoverboard" is powered by five turbines and is fueled
by kerosene.[4]
Zapata participated in the 2019 Bastille Day military parade riding his invention.[5] His attempt to cross
the English Channel on 25 July 2019 failed as he fell into the sea at the refuelling platform.[6][7] A second
crossing attempt on 4 August 2019 succeeded.[8] Escorted by French Army helicopters and using a
backpack fuel reservoir, he accomplished the journey – 35 kilometres (22 mi) – with one refueling stop at
the midpoint. Zapata reached a speed of 177 km/h (110 mph) during the 20-minute flight. The trip started
at Sangatte in the Pas-de-Calais department in France and concluded at St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent,
United Kingdom where he landed safely.[9][10]
Zapata's company, Z-AIR, had received a €1.3 million grant from the French military. However, he has
said that the flyboard was not yet ready for military use due to the noise it creates and the challenge of
learning how to fly the device.[11] In a France Inter radio interview, France's Minister of the Armed
Forces Florence Parly said the flyboard might eventually be suitable, "for example as a flying logistical
platform or, indeed, as an assault platform".[12]
In 2017, Zapata had provided the U.S. Army with demonstrations of the Flyboard Air "jet-powered
hoverboard" or "jet-powered personal aerial vehicle", referred to as the EZ-Fly;[13] news reports suggested
the price per unit might be $250,000.[14] A July 2019 report provided no indication of any serious interest
by the American military as of that time for this new technology.[15]
On 4 August 2019, Zapata told BFM TV that he was working on building a flying car, that he hoped to
introduce before year-end. He said that he had flown a prototype chassis powered by four gas turbines
but the final model would employ ten turbines in order to cruise at 310–400 kilometres per hour (190–
250 mph), and achieve a range of about 110 kilometres (68 mi).[16]