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It might be better to have a chair you sit on and use a joystick to maneuver instead of your arms. Let software manage the flight and stabilisation.

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You could surround that chair with some armor. Maybe add a few guns and a bigger fuel tank, too. Add a more efficient air propulsion system like some sort of propeller and a bigger engine at that point for maximum performance.

Just joking heh, I actually think it would be better to make it autonomous or remote controlled. I don't see why a drone can't drop on the ship and set up a ladder in a similar manner, while being lighter.

If you fall in the water strapped into a chair you will drown.

You'd drown strapped into the shown equipment too. Getting out of a chair is probably easier.

Given that they primarily fly over water for safety and how quickly he can remove his hands from the arm mounted units, I think it would be remiss of them not to have considered a quick release mechanism for the rest of the suit.

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