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JumpJets are intense short-burn thrusters that allow Battlemechs to "jump" through the air while inheriting horizontal momentum. sometimes they're able to vector thrust to aim for a landing spot, other times it's a blind leap and if you overshoot, that's it.

other uses are to slow falls to within safe(er) speeds, and to "poptart", or jump into the air to scout the surrounding area and/or to fire weapons from unexpected angles. the latter part is likely an unintended side-effect of making a glorified tank-combat game out of Battletech, but what can you do?
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Sorry, got sidetracked yesterday.

It might be feasible on something Scout sized, but for the most part Walkers are just too heavy for that sort of thing. Not a whole lot of air you're going to be able to catch in something Warrior or up. Even on a Scout you're not going to get a whole lot of verticality. A Raptor might be able to manage it, but they're also the lightest and most thruster-laden frame. 

It'd be a lot of tuning for not a whole lot of result.