There was this golden age character called Dynamite Thor. He travelled around by using dynamite he carried on his belt to blast himself into the air. Is there a way to add an explosion FX to his superleap or flight or something?
I would skope the character onto tommy's OLD Red tornado or Cannonball meshes. Either have an particle fx flight animation. They are available in his ysahoo groups.
You can use the human cannonball attribute. That gives the character an FX/power both for in the air and when he lands.
Both are customizable.
I don't know about taking off though