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A gadget fit for James Bond! $2,000 jetpack lets you 'fly' UNDERWATER at 6mph - faster than an Olympic swimmer

Underwater jetpack is designed by SCP Marine Innovation, Portsmouth
Comprises a battery backpack and thrusters on for the forearms
System propels swimmers along faster than an Olympic swimmer
x2 Sport Underwater Jet Pack is available to pre-order for $2,000 (£1,292)

Published: 05:37 EST, 20 October 2015 | Updated: 05:49 EST, 20 October 2015

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From sub-aquatic cars to 'invisible' breathing apparatus, James Bond has used many gadgets to sneak up on enemies underwater.

Now there's an underwater jetpack that wouldn't look out of place in the fictional spy's arsenal of devices, that lets you soar beneath the waves faster than an Olympic swimmer.

The gadget comprises a backpack containing a battery and two high power thrusters worn on the arms, to propel the wearer along at up to six mph (10km/h).

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An underwater jetpack (pictured) will let you soar along beneath the waves. The gadget comprises a battery and two high power thrusters worn on the arms to propel the wearer along at up to six mph (10km/h)

The x2 Sport Underwater Jet Pack is designed by Portsmouth-based firm, SCP Marine Innovation, which is raising money on Indiegogo to put the gadget into production.

It says the x2 Sport is a ‘wearable propulsion system that revolutionises the underwater experience bringing the adrenalin of action sports to the underwater world, enabling you to explore the ocean with the power and grace of a dolphin’.

It’s powered by a lithium battery in a backpack that a wearer can strap onto their back.

Two Hydra thrusters containing digital motors are attached to their forearms using neoprene cuffs.

'The x2 Sport is a 'wearable propulsion system that revolutionises the underwater experience bringing the adrenalin of action sports to the underwater world, enabling you to explore the ocean with the power and grace of a dolphin', the company says. An image of the system in use in a swimming pool is shown above

These generate thrust to propel them through the water, saving them the effort of swimming so they can go deeper or further without expending lots of energy.

X2 SPORT UNDERWATER JETPACK

Comprises: Battery backpack and two thursters.

Weight: 2.2 lbs (5kg) in the water

Top speed: 6mph (10km/h

Battery: 24ah, lasting one hour

Cost: $2,000 (£1,292)

The firm says: ‘Guiding yourself through the water is a breeze; all you have to do is point your arms where you want to go.

‘This action vectors the thrust and the x2 propels you in the new direction.’

Wearers can control the speed of the x2 Sport using a throttle grip that’s attached to them.

The gadget has a top speed of six mph (10km/h) which is quicker than Michael Phelps, the fastest human in water, who swam 200 metres in one minute 42.96 seconds at an average speed of 1.94 meters/second or 4.34mph in 2008.

The jetpack would not look out of place in a Bond film. Perhaps the most famous of underwater 'gadgets' to feature in the movie franchise is 007's submarine Lotus Elan, from the 1977 film, The Spy Who Loved Me

The gadget is powered by a lithium battery in a backpack that a wearer can strap onto their back, as well as fixing two thrusters to their forearms containing digital motors, using neoprene cuffs (pictured)

Thrust generated by these Hydra thrusters (shown in yellow) propels them through the water, saving them the effort of swimming so they can go deeper or further without expending lots of energy

The backpack weighs 2.2 lbs (5kg) in the water and contains a 24aH battery that can last for an hour.

The gadget is designed for snorkelers, swimmers, extreme sports enthusiasts and it’s claimed enables wearers to perform underwater acrobatics.

‘The x2 opens up a whole new experience in underwater acrobatics by allowing you to twist, turn and spin,’ the company says.

‘You're only limited by your imagination and the best part is that your hands will be free enabling you to stop to take photos.’

The x2 Sport is available to pre-order from Indiegogo for $2,000 (£1,292) and is set to ship in September 2016 if the firm raises its target of $35,000 (£22,601) within the next 11 days.

The gadget has a top speed of six mph (10km/h) which is quicker than Michael Phelps (pictured), the fastest human in water, who swam 200 metres in one minute 42.96 seconds at an average speed 4.34mph in 2008

The gadget is designed for snorkelers, swimmers, extreme sports enthusiasts and it’s claimed enables wearers to perform underwater acrobatics (shown in this image taken in a swimming pool

The x2 Sport (shown) is available to pre-order from Indiegogo for $2,000 (£1,292) and is set to ship in September 2016 if the firm raises its target of $35,000 (£22,601) within the next 11 days