"HEAVY" Jet pack ????

Hi guys,

I have a ???

I have a solid resin and it's kind of heavy (2 pounds), I believe it's a RA jet pack, I wanted to see how some of you mounted your jet packs, What kind of harness set-ups, some of you seasoned/newb Jango use!

I also have a few stress cracks on the top edge of the back of my JP and was also looking to see how to repair that.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Thank you

Bueller, Bueller.....Anyone!

Bueller is out sick, Im starting a a fundrasier to help pay for his medical expenses Ricky.

For the stress cracks, if you can physically enter the inside of the JP, I'd say to try and fiberglass the interior of the cracked sections, then bondo the outside.

Im not really sure what to suggest for the harness system, I think everyone has their own style of doing it. The only thing I know is that the screen use backplate had a female recieving clip at the bottom, center of the backplate's curve, which obviously suggest that there is a male clip attached to the JP

It weighs only 2 pounds?!?!?

If your pack was really heavy, it would weigh more in 20 pound range as a current MOW pack is around 15 pounds.

The MOW pack does not weigh 15 pounds!!! It weighs 7 pounds with everything attached including aluminum beacon and stabilizer, the pipes for the thrusters, and fiberglass reinforcement for the harness attachment. I've weighed it.

If your pack weighs 2 pounds, you should be jumping for joy because that's the lightest jet pack I've heard of.

For my harness system, I used the home depot harness as described in posts 2 and 16 of this thread: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/harness-help-20200/

I use a TK409 "jet pack bra" inspired system for mine, with added padding across the shoulders.

Originally Posted by Foxbatkllr

The MOW pack does not weigh 15 pounds!!! It weighs 7 pounds with everything attached including aluminum beacon and stabilizer, the pipes for the thrusters, and fiberglass reinforcement for the harness attachment. I've weighed it.

Okay, so I'll admit that 15 pounds was more than an over guess on it's weight. But seeing as how he stated that he has a solid resin pack, and my hollow scratch built pack weighs in at under 5 pounds, I found 2 pounds to be un-likely.

I doubt his pack is solid resin. What's more likely is that it is rotocast resin like the MOW or vacuumformed with a solid resin rocket. But 2lbs does seem extremely low, so maybe he just meant the rocket is 2lbs?

A 2 pound rocket, now that I believe. One of my squad mates has a solid resin rocket on his jet pack, and it weighs as much as my entire pack.

A jet pack that i once had had a resin epidermis (probably slush/ rotocast) which was then filled with expanding foam from the "missle socket".. perhaps he has one of those??

Yeah, Sorry about the weight, I thought I put a 1........It's actually 12-13 pounds, It's a Richie's armor jet pack. Just trying to figure how to mount it to my back without it killing me. and distributing the weight evenly.

Well, I like the home depot harness because its meant to protect your back when lifting heavy objects and the weight is distributed in your mid-section rather than on your shoulders.

I just saw the picture that was posted in that thread you linked, Is that a Home Depot back brace and does anyone have a pic with it on and how it attaches etc.........

Thank you all for your input,