On his yearly jet ski buying trip, Frazier shows Lars the video of the jetpack flying. Lars is into it now. He convinces Ray that he is the man for the job to make this thing go mega.
German Lars Ramcke is buying used jet skis in Florida and shipping them back for resale in Northern Germany. He connects with Frazier and Frazier sources used jet skis. Frazier shows him the jetpack work in progress. Lars is not interested, packs his container up and returns to Germany.
Ray gets a Canadian development grant for working on the Jetlev. Calls up Frazier and brings him back in on the project.
Independent claim number 1. Three parts. 1. A personal propulsion device, comprising: a body unit having a center of gravity, wherein the body unit includes a thrust assembly having at least two thrust nozzles located above the center of gravity, the thrust nozzles being pivotally coupled to the body unit; a delivery conduit in fluid communication With the […]
For historical reasons, Frazier splits with Ray and goes back to jet ski tuning.
Experimentation continues and Ray builds the so called “Coffin” boat, a purpose built “pod” for housing the water pump.
Frazier and Ray start to work on the grand idea in Frazier’s garage. In 2005, John Meyers the parts manager at High Performance becomes the first hydronaut, flying a water jetpack attached to the back of a 2002 SeaDoo GTI, 130 horsepower. It flies!
Raymond Li comes to Florida. Frazier is working at High Performance Jet Ski Garage. Ray pitches initial personal propulsion device idea to the boss of the place. Boss is not interested, tells him to talk to Frazier. In 2003, I felt like I had a good enough concept that I could solicit funding. I […]
Frazier and Keith know each other in Florida. Frazier racing and tuning jet skis.
Raymond Li, a Chinese Canadian living in St. John’s, Newfoundland, developed the Jetlev (abbreviated from the words Jet Levitation)concept in 2000. Since 2003 he—and later his Jetlev Development Corporation—have been conducting feasibility studies and concept development in Canada. In November 2004, with assistance from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) […]