Rocket boots is an invention by Soviet scientist Viktor Gordeyev. The invention is a pair of mechanical devices that a user would wear on his or her lower legs and feet. Rocket Boots are intended to make it possible for a person to travel faster and further than by unassisted walking or running.
There are no actual rockets in the Rocket Boots. Rather, the power comes from pistons that are filled with a fuel-air mixture, and fired by compression when the user puts his or her full body weight down into the boot. When the piston fires, the platform under the user's foot pushes down on the ground, launching the user forward toward the next step in an action similar to that of
pogo stick
A pogo stick is a device for jumping off the ground in a standing position, through the aid of a spring, or new high performance technologies, often used as a toy, exercise equipment or extreme sports instrument. It led to an extreme sport named ...
. The boots use approximately 4 cc fuel per 6.2 miles (9,97km).
The boots were initially developed in the 1970s for the Soviet Army, but development was suspended until 2000. The project was restarted in Russian Federation by scientists at the
Bashkir State University
, ba, Башҡорт дәүләт университеты
, other_name = BashSU
, former_name = Ufa Teacher Institute
(1909–1919)
People's Education Institute
(1919–1923)
Practic Institute
(1923–1929)
Temiryazev Bashkir Pedag ...
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Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...
), with the aim to develop a product for the civilian and a military markets.
It is expected that while using the "rocket boots", a person could travel at an average speed of around 10.5 mph (16,89km/h). However, it is thought that the highest speed for an experienced user is around 22 mph (35,4km/h).
See also
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Powerbocking
Jumping stilts, bounce stilts or spring stilts are special stilts that allow the user to run, jump and perform various acrobatics. Spring stilts using fiberglass leaf springs were patented in the United States in 2004 under the trademark "Powe ...
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Seven-league boots
Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The boots allow the person wearing them to take strides of seven leagues per step, resulting in great speed. The boots are often presented by a magical character to the protagonist to aid i ...
References
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Herald Tribune(copy of New York Times article)
Dispatch Online
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