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I thought the point of Iron Man's suit was that the Arc Reactor allowed for stupidly high powered "repulsor beams", which then allowed for force/heat to the generated. This just seems like another Jetpack style design.

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I feel like the combo of arm + leg + back thrusters and an exoskeleton are sufficient to warrant the analogy.

Interesting that it looks like he ditched the leg thrusters and switched to a back pack, I wonder if trying to control all limbs at once was too complicated.

If you've flown anything like the flyboard - it's quite a bit like snowboarding where the balance required from your feet quickly wears out your leg muscles.

Controlling power from your backpack doesn't wear the body down nearly as much.

[1] Flyboard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Bm3cs9TFo

Even better: Flyboard Air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deyMNPbaRpA

It looks insane. Though more Green Goblin than Iron Man.

That really does look insane. I wonder if this type of thing would be practical in the military. I guess it would probably make soldiers too vulnerable for the most part.

But perfect for a 'One man army' movie. Or recruiting film. Cough cough.

Here's a random thought regarding an active exoskeleton, could help with both leg strain and limb control: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14218746

I think he just moved the leg thrusters up to his arms, making two on each arm. At least that's the way it looks from this pic [0], where he has only one thruster on each limb. He may have had the backpack all along, but I'm not sure.

[0]http://i.imgur.com/YTz3Kza.png

That's the movie premise.

In the comics, the first flying suit had chemical jets. And the early suits just ran on batteries.

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