The Physics of Actually Flying Around in an Iron Man Suit

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

• Episode: The Physics of Actually Flying Around in an Iron Man Suit
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:08:08
• Published: 2019-06-19 13:12

I was fairly impressed with the first episode of Savage Builds, which is now airing on the Discovery Channel. It's basically a show that lets Adam Savage (from MythBusters) do whatever he wants. In this case, he attempts to build an actual real-life Iron Man suit. SPOILER ALERT: He mostly succeeds. This is accomplished by printing out Iron Man armor pieces in titanium and then adding the jet suit from Gravity Industries on top of that. Yes, there is a real-life flying suit.