Richard Browning: How I built a jet suit
Richard Browning: Cómo construí un traje volador autopropulsado
Richard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology startup Gravity, which has invented, built and patented a personal flight system. Full bio
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como se puede adivinar
as you can kind of sense
que le hicieron en 1970 al jubilarse.
1970s office-leaving present.
volar y que inspiró a tantos durante años,
that inspired people for years,
de una manera muy distinta.
to share with you now.
compartir con Uds.
del cuerpo humano y el alma,
of the human mind and body,
en los últimos días,
for the last few days here,
that wonderful machine
de este modo realista,
in that kind of real way,
de entrenamiento, Denton,
back in London, Denton,
of that kind of stuff than me.
resultó ser realmente impresionante,
proved really quite impressive,
por cierto, se ve al fondo;
is, right in the background,
de sus hortalizas
tratando de ignorarnos un rato...
of trying to ignore us for a while --
tanto es la hierba
less happy is the grass,
en posición horizontal y fallé.
and somewhat fail.
a llegar a alguna parte.
sensata de continuar:
to go from there:
volver a ver estas imágenes.
watching these back.
and spread the load a bit.
de repartir la carga un poco.
para llevar carga, ¿por qué no repartirla?
cosas en todo este viaje...
about trying things --
en la mayoría de los casos.
by failing at them most of the time.
five engines here --
teníamos cinco motores...
en mantenimiento, aún así lo probamos.
one was in maintenance,
Aprendimos a no volver a hacerlo.
We learned not to do that again.
algunos progresos bastante convincentes,
some really quite convincing progress,
creer que tal vez...
believe that maybe --
en cada pierna y dos en cada brazo
and two on each arm,
y aún me encanta verlo.
I'm about to show you now,
de vuelo razonablemente continuo.
reasonably coherent flight.
cuando pasamos de:
this endeavor went from:
a: "¡Dios mío, realmente funciona!"
this is going to work,"
y también caer un montón.
la mejor manera de aprender.
the best way to learn.
a modelar realmente el sistema.
really refining the layout of all of this.
y la capacidad de controlarlo
that's stability and control --
y refinar la tecnología,
refining the technology,
para todos los aparatos electrónicos
on the back for the electronics
the balance and control.
y mantener el equilibrio.
mientras que veis el siguiente video
for the next short piece
del motor se vuelve insoportable.
noise is a bit annoying.
y la estabilidad bastante bien.
is really quite nice,
con la hipótesis de la que partimos
validates that starting hypothesis,
conectados de una manera adecuada
if properly augmented in that way,
ya no pienso cómo mover las manos
I'm moving my arms at that stage.
que quiero alcanzar
of where I want to get to,
viendo como aterrizo...
saldrá del supermercado
to go down to Walmart
en uno de estos muy pronto
in any of this stuff for a while,
una tecnología asombrosa
some awesome technology
un juego de niños.
this look like child's play.
de este tipo de vuelo inusual
this unusual experience of flight
eventos y demostraciones hasta la fecha.
and displays we're doing.
for pilots two and three,
tercer piloto, si hay voluntarios...
audaz pero la comentaré.
but let's just stick it out there,
podemos elevarnos sobre una playa
rise up above a beach,
of it, rise up a bit higher,
subir un poco más,
cuales trabajamos para que esto ocurra.
we're working on to make this achievable.
del horizonte listo para aterrizar y pasa,
a Hercules with the ramp down.
you start picking up speed
adelantar por atrás y no por delante
that would be a mistake --
y aterrizar de nuevo.
un tanto imposible por ahora.
way off at the moment.
un paso atrás por un momento,
a big step back from this,
muy personal para mí.
personal journey for me.
o el dibujo de aquella imagen.
se suicidó cuando yo tenía 15 años
his own life when I was 15,
ambiciosos por explotar.
of unfulfilled ambition.
un creador inconformista.
que si mirara desde arriba hacia mí,
if it was possible,
algunas de las cosas que hemos hecho.
of the things we've done here,
Probablemente estoy más nervioso
I'm probably more nervous
una demostración como esta.
to get done today.
no lograré arrancar.
we don't get a clean start.
mientras estoy volando.
while I'm actually flying around.
como un idiota al caerme de espalda.
and fall on my rear, as I said.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard Browning - Founder, GravityRichard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology startup Gravity, which has invented, built and patented a personal flight system.
Why you should listen
Richard Browning is an ultra-marathon runner, an ex-Royal Marine reservist, former City commodity trader and a pioneering inventor. He's the founder of Gravity, launched in March 2017 with a dream to reimagine an entirely new form of human flight, leaning on an elegant collaboration of mind and body augmented by leading-edge technology.
Gravity has to date been experienced by over a billion people globally with video views alone running at more than 60m within seven days of launch. Browning's vision is to build Gravity into a world-class aeronautical engineering business, challenge perceived boundaries in human aviation, and inspire a generation to dare ask ‘what if…’
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