In 1969, Harold C. Bush patented one of the most ingenious transportation device EVAR: Jumping Device with Driven Airlift Blades or better known as the pogo-copter!
Link [Google Patents]- via JonathanRyan, who wants to improve this awesome device by adding a gas-powered turbine.
Oliver
Yeah, real smart… every time you fall off (it’s not as easy as riding a bicycle) you have to deal with gas powered rotating blades…
Stacyj
Oh my goodness, my life would be complete if I had one of those. Short, and terminated in particularly tragicomic fashion – but complete nevertheless. I’d die with a smile on my face!
L
Hmmm… I think they’d need to come up with a really good harness so that the rider doesn’t end up thrusting his head into the blades…
Other than that, it looks like fun. 
J.C.
Their advertising campaign should read, ‘Less dignified than the guillotine, but a lot more fun.’ I, personally, would choose this over the electric chair any day of the week.
Edward
I doubt that a prototype had ever been built. As much as I might worry about my head, I worry more about completely ruining it on the first fall.
Jerry
Wont work.
You’d either need 2 counter-rotating main rotors or a tail-rotor to counteract the torque and keep from spinning.
Didn’t he ever look at a REAL helicopter???
Cyberziggy
Terrific… combine a toy that’s already got a long history of injuries, and add rotor blades to it.
Y’know, it’s all fun and games ’til someone gets hurt… then it’s hilarious!
Holly
re: jc
this shoud definitely be another option for execution.. at least you’ll be having fun right before your head gets sliced off…
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