The Science of Jetpacks and Rockets!

Contributed By
Veritasium
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Subjects
Science
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
Related Resources

The Science of Jetpacks and Rockets!

Check out 2Veritasium! http://dft.ba/-ve2

MinutePhysics has a great video on Milkman, vomiting levitator: http://dft.ba/-vomphysics

Jetpacking was awesome fun! Despite the fat lip I had a great time. I think knowing a bit about physics actually helps fly the jetpack. It works on the same principle as a rocket (Newton's 3rd law) but unlike the shuttle, you don't carry your own propellant with you. Instead, water is pumped out of the lake by the jetski at up to 60 litres a second. It is then fired out of the nozzles at around 15 m/s creating 1800 N of force, the equivalent of about 150 fire extinguishers. On me this can produce acceleration of about 1.5g's.

Music by Kevin McLeod (http://incompetech.com) Silly Fun, Also Sprach Zarathustra

Supported by Science Alert: http://on.fb.me/14ehuxA

Slow motion filming by Questacon: http://bit.ly/ZoWFGR

Author
Dr. Derek Muller
Publisher
Veritasium

Unfortunately, we were unable to load the necessary assets to access this site.
Try reloading the page to verify your network is still working.

If the problem persists, please verify that https://cdn.caeducatorstogether.org/ is not blocked by your network firewall. You may need to reach out to your agency's Network/IT support staff to get access.

For any questions or further assistance please contact us at caetsupport@kern.org