This represents a substantial safety risk and differentiates the rocket belt from airplanes and helicopters, which can land safely without power by gliding or autorotation.
This type of rocket belt was used in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.
The RB-2000 rocket belt.
They prefer aerial combat tactics that make full use of the manueverability afforded by their rocket belt packs.
Currently, such rocket belts can only fly for about 30 seconds (because of the limited amount of fuel the user can carry unassisted).
Two episodes of the 1964 animated series Jonny Quest featured characters using jet packs (referred to as "rocket belts").
The original rocket belt was essentially nothing more than a pair of fuel tanks, some handlebars, a throttle, and a couple of rocket nozzles.
The existing rocket belts wound up in museums or television commercials or movies, but that was it.
While the rocket belt failed to be commercially developed, the rocket technology proved invaluable in future Bell programs.
Twitchy things like landing with the rocket belt become much easier.