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That’s what these videos are for! Normally I wear sunglasses but I always keep a pair of clear glasses with me so when it becomes close to sunset in after I can switch it still see very well
FYI on the radio situation. As being a Radio tech in the Army I can tell you the reason why their radio didn't work. The lower guy was near high voltage wires. And high voltage can create interference with their radio. Depending on what kind of band their radios are running on such as VHF (Very High Frequency) or UHF (Ultra High Frequency).. Which explains why his partner couldn't hear him through his headset. So for those who flies near power lines remember this fact as a potential hazard of radio blackout. For the distance to one isn't really clear when too many factors play into the scenario.
Electromagnet Pulse from the arc/spark from the shorted phases is what killed the com...not necessarily the high voltage...only if you had an Amplitude Modulation (AM) Radio would you hear the 60 Hz phasing. I had a similar experience with a close lightning strike near my Wi-Fi router...router would power up but the EMP from the close lightning strike killed the Wi-Fi radio transceiver section in the router!!!
not to mention, those wires are easy to track when you're on the ground driving 80mph because they're well contrasted against the sky. Airborne, they become incredibly hard to track even with a groundspeed of zero because they're very poorly contrasted against whatever's below them
I personally know one guy that flew into power lines, him and his equipment caught fire and now he barely has one arm and his face was burnt off. Low level flying is no joke, be smart and safe. This is a great example to learn from with this video and luckily this man walked away unhurt.
On the parachutal crash into the trees, I agree it didn't seem like it was from too much brake exclusively. I noticed the air seemed misty. I wonder if the wing was really wet from the grass, which can make the wing more inclined to go parachutal.
Thank you for the analysis Tucker, video number two is me! Your point about the wet wing is bang on, there was a lot of dew on the ground and had already flown once, landed and re-laid out the wing, so it had soaked up a lot of water... Went back to flight school after this and still flying! Hope others can learn from this and not make the same mistake!
Thanks for the info and I'm glad you're back flying! 😁 It's interesting how moisture affects wings differently. Some take a lot while others take a little. That's why it's always best to never fly with a wet wing!
Glad you are safe Olly and thanks for sharing. When those power lines were sneaking up on you and you appeared to already be losing altitude, to me it looked like you went into abort mode to accelerate your descent so you would lay up in the trees vs tangled in the power lines. The flight Gods were smiling upon you that day for sure.
@@TuckerGott I think at 10:39 the pilot bumped into one person sitting on a carpet and crashed into someone else. Sending the second pedestrian sliding underneath that 4WD car. The pilot seems to have also hit the car, bounced off, and lost consciousness. Did they post any information to you about hitting pedestrians, or injuries?
Been there with the power lines event. Luckily I also survived, only a scar on my arm from the electrical exit wound. Similarly to your debrief, I made a video to help others learn from my mistake. Low sun is a killer. Thanks Tucker.
Anthony ParaGringo but it’s true. The Duke did everything he could to stay out of the military, even knowing that all he would have done was USO shows. Other actors and musicians of the time signed up and volunteered for real duty. He liked to play the tough guy because he wasn’t in real life.
@@adamr9215 This will be my only response to you or this thread. I cant agree with your statement. But this about sums it up for me. We all make tough choices. www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1055/was-john-wayne-a-draft-dodger/
I'm a Journeyman Substation Electrician for the local utility company. That last guy who hit the power lines may not have been "grounded" but he hit 3 phase high voltage lines. Looks like about 12kv to me. Each phase has a different potential so they will indeed flow LOTS of current between them. He was indeed very lucky not have been burned by the flash he caused pushing the phases together into a direct short but also very lucky no part of his body created a path between the phases or he would have been electrocuted as well. Never think that you are safe just because you are not grounded. Also, once he hit the ground and still connected to his riser lines that were still wrapped around the power lines, he was then grounded and that voltage can track down his lines through him to ground. He's lucky once again. The relaying probably immediately saw the fault and tripped out the circuit saving his life.
“electricity not flowing through him” - They sparked, because they were at different potential. If he had crossed those lines with his body, he would most definitely been shocked. He is extremely lucky (lines at the same potential would not spark). He essentially pushed one line into another. If his arm(s) had flown forward while his chest was touching one line, and his arms had touched another line - it would have been real bad, most likely fatal. At the very least, he very easily could have had his arm(s) burned off.
It's the bird on the wire concept. He isn't grounded so there isn't anywhere the current to go. If he ran into the lines with his chest it wouldn't necessarily shock him because he becomes the same potential once touching it. You are correct that if he touched two different lines at once it would be bad. It most definitely would be fatal as those are two completely different phases. If not fatal it would be a miracle that he survived. The fact that he didn't get flash burned here is also wild. This is a crazy accident.
Rango please be kind in giving a demonstration that touching both lines while midair will not electrocute you. Since you were confident enough to insult someone else’s comment, I’m sure you’ll be fine.
@@josephhagen4493 the wire is at 140kv for example and tje other is at 190kv in the phase. Not exsact but the wires will always be at 50kv apart, and that at 1 amp is 50 000 wats. Through a human that will be a bright lightbulb
Pretty good breakdown of my crash Tucker. Thanks for the shout out! When the brake hit the prop it broke it. I also couldn’t tell if the line took a wrap on the hub so I powered off. Because like you said I didn’t want to risk pulling the whole glider in. I was low and could only make a 180 heading back to the field downwind and fighting to keep it level without getting too slow and stalling. Safe flyin everyone! 🪂
Good landing, considering. Hope you weren't too injured. Is it possible to cut the brake line if something like this happens? I understand that there obviously wasn't enough time in your case and in a more serious spin, you may not have the strength or be too disoriented. Just wondering at the possible solutions to this should it occur.
My father was one of the ultralight pioneers. He was a highly skilled and respected pilot. Sadly he died from a powerline strike. Growing up with him and flying with him in his many different aircraft I can say he was amazingly skilled and cautious. Sadly all the skill and caution is not always enough. Fly safe out there.
Saw your 15,000 foot video and said "Yep I'm definitely getting into this sport!" Then that video sent me here and I immediately decided to keep my a** on the ground! Still absolutely beautiful videos!
Tucker, I work in the Electrical Utility industry and we use helicopters. Pilots and anyone the works on or around our helicopters frequently are required to take a class called “Flying in the Wire”. A great class you would enjoy as it teaches you how transmission and distribution lines as well as guy cables (for large or tall towers) under certain circumstances become invisible to the pilot. Time of day, weather and the pilots perspective can cause the wire to essentially disappear. There are many techniques and safety measures taught to help you identify or recognize the potential for an upcoming hazard. I have taken it several times and teaches you how you can set yourself up to get caught blind and fly into the wire as you showed here in this video. The helicopters we use and their activities are many times low to the ground ...so observing the potential hazard from many different angles & elevations. There is one particular area we flying that from two directions there are no wires or guy cables but fly from the other two and they stand out clearly. It’s a great lesson of how easily you can get yourself in trouble. Just thought I would share and you may already be aware of this training.
First one was very enlightening. I’ve been sloppy about stowing my brakes when cruising at altitude. I never considered hitting some turbulence might create enough slack to put my toggle in the prop. Wow, even with good instruction, we leave the nest with so much to learn.
solid one andy, much respect to someone who has enough pride to show millions of people their mistake. if only politicians were half as honorable as you.
Shirts are my thing and so are liking your videos. I actually really enjoy these crash reactions and the advice you give can really help relieve some anxieties people would have.
That happened locally near me. Someone was looking out for him on that day😇. He did a live video on Facebook reviewing the incident the following morning. The livestream popped up 20 minutes before meeting my instructor for my first official flight. 😳 my prior first unofficial flight was quite brief as I crashed into a chain link fence 😖. Be safe everyone.
The last guy is really lucky that he is alive. There are usually two to three live wires and one neutral. He must have not touched the neutral and live together...maybe...
Look up delta and Wye configurations of 3-phase power grids. Wye has a neutral wire, delta doesn't not. The one that's used depends on the power company and the designers, there are advantages and disadvantages to both. In a delta system, you can die by shorting phase to phase, in a Wye you can die from shorting phase to neutral. Either case has live wires just feet from each other, and both cases are bad. Source: Electrical Engineer
What happened to the guy that was standing directly where the paramotor pilot flew right into him? He must have some severe injuries. Got knocked under the car by someone flying super fast.
Your video just popped up in my feed, neat stuff. I’m a fixed wing pilot and some photos and diagrams of your explanations would really enhance the story. Keep it up.
Thanks for do this kind of video, learning by others people errors , it is a way to learn not do the same errors, just it is not save way for those people....we need share our errors with everyone for learning
I have no desire to get into this sport, but love the videos and commentary. You’re a TH-cam natural and are super interesting to listen to even for someone who will never be a paramotor pilot. 👍🏾
As an electrical lineman, that was the best scenario that could have happened to that guy. Truly lucky he didn’t get caught up in a cross arm or guy wire then he would have most likely been seriously injured or have possibly died. The fact that he just clipped that 3 phase and fell straight to the ground was miraculous.
I'm not a pilot and these videos always make me cringe, but these crash videos are always very interesting, and I always enjoy hearing your opinions from your knowledge and experience on what happened and your ideas of what could have been done to help change the outcome of these crashes from your perspective to help other pilots to avoid these situations, Great Video👍
I love this "arm-chair" analysis of actual crashes out in the real world by a guy sitting in his living room. . . No, really. I'm not being mean or sarcastic. I love it. He's really knowledgeable and knows a TON of stuff about paramotors. Nice work! =]
Loved your stuff like huge altitude, landing on remote island and McDonalds. But your commentary on these crash videos shows behind every wild expedition there is someone ( your good self ) who makes very careful judgement of risks and circumstances.
On the first one - Had a similar(ish) problem on one of my first flights, except I didn't leave it unstowed. I was having a hard time getting seated, so I stowed the brake while I was dangling, under power with some pretty crazy pitch. Cage bumped the brake toggle, popped it off the magnet and my nice E prop ate it. Luckily, the prop chopped it instead of taking a few wraps. Blew the prop up, tho. Instructor talked me through landing with the D lines, made it alright. My last flight was my 33rd, and Im still not at all comfortable letting my brakes out of my hand, wish I had a toggle system like the Kougar 3.
That's gotta be pretty nerving to be so new and loosing power (forced landing) and landing with the D's to flare even under instruction. During training, I lost comms with my instructor on my second flight. Good thing I learned hand signals cause I didn't really know when to flare yet. He guided me in to a perfect landing. Was one of my softest landings while in training.
Larry Thielen Im lucky in that Ive always had really good landings, so that wasnt a huge problem but I was about 100ft off the ground. If my toggle got wrapped, theres no way my reserve would have opened in time. Really gave me a fright. I dont think my paramotor is properly set up, the pitch under power seems extreme to me but my instructor says its a non issue so idk
I love all your videos but am particularly a fan of the crash videos.....it's an awesome learning tool and your thoughts on the reasons for the crash and how to prevent them is very useful. I appreciate you putting these out! Thanks man!
As someone who has taken out a 7,200 volt powerline I can offer a Pro Tip: DON'T. Scenario was I was VERY experienced, flying a hang glider from a 3,500' launch at dusk in summer in Montana; 1/2 hour fly down to the valley and was not able to penetrate to the LZ so opted to land in a small field next to the road surrounded by trees. Like the pilot shown here, was not able to see the powerline strung from the corner of the road to his well shed, hanging 15' off the ground: hit it with my control bar, ankle, and face just under my nose above my lip. Woke up 2.5 hours later, pitch dark, and crawled 1/3 mile down a road where someone found me. #messedUP
@@heraclitus6100 yes, but two years of hospital time. Still flying ; it severed a tendon in my leg and severe burns. And memory issues. Otherwise fully recovered.
Lucky you, my friend hit 8000V power line, he wake up of medically induced comma after few days with nearly 50% of skin in 3th degree burn. He is very lucky to be alive... good pro tip, through. If you hit power line it's roll of a dice... whats the voltage ? how you hit it? will you live?
One of our cats climbed a 10.000V power line transformer and touched tail to snout line to line. The short burst of 50hz sound was LOUD 30m away like really a huge sub-woofers at full blast with a blinding light, and that was just a small 10KV (the smallest high voltage lines we have here)....
I super appreciate how fair you are in you assessments. You've never been one, at least in your vids, to just dook on somebody for making mistakes. Thank you for creating awesome and invigorating content!!!
As my Marine Buddy says: Situational Awareness is the ability to see what's in the vicinity and anticipate what's not - knowledge that can mean the difference between surviving or being killed in action.
Looks like there was a wire to wire short. The electricity here has two goals, it wants to get from one wire to the other wire OR from one wire to the ground. While the guy is in the air he is isolated from the ground so only needs to worry about wire to wire. If he touches the ground then there's more risks. Risk 1) If his body gets in between two of the wires then the electricity may go through his body while trying to get to the other wire. Risk 2) If his lines get tangled in the wires and his paramotor then touches the ground there's a risk electricity will travel down his paramotor lines to him on the ground. This would depend on how conductive his lines are based on their material and how wet they are. At high voltages, above 10000 volts, things that would normally be non-conducive start to conduct. If you get tangled in lines and are hanging mid-air you are better to fall out than risk being in a situation where the wing slips down to the point that it's still in the wires but you're now touching the ground. The only exception is if you are hanging very close to the ground and do not have room to clear the paramotor before hitting the ground, in that case stay where you are.
I do not fly, however I do appreciate your commitment to share your knowledge and experience to help improve the sport for others. Tucker may all the surprises that you and your fine lady encounter this year be pleasant ones..
Not being grounded will not prevent electricity from flowing through you. Power distribution is done in a 3 phase model. An arc like that means their was either a phase to phase short or phase to ground short (there is a ground wire in addition to the phases). If he had a metal frame paramotor, more than likely the frame conducted the electricity instead of his body. He was very lucky that day. Based on the size of the poles, those are probably 7kV lines.
Tucker if you pay attention to the trailing edge of the glider @ 10:30 you will notice the trailing edge is deflected and the AOA is high. Then at 10:32 the wing is surging forward causing it to dive towards he ground as in a pendulum. It is common when trying to look below to pull some brake or he may have been trying o dive at them and screwed it up.
3:56 …"spinnie thing on the back" ROFL!!!!! I wish I could stick around for more but I only had 5 minutes and I just lost two typing this. I better make my bro watch this video, thanks!!
Hi Tucker, yesterday i cut my foot with the prop during launch. Did you already heard about similar accident? I didn't know this was possible. The prop cut threw the shoes (good mountain shoes) and threw my heel.
Thanks so much for this: invaluable reminders that we should all take to heart. No pilot is so experienced they can afford to skip reminders like these. Peace...
I was attending a hot air balloon race when a guy alone in his balloon was "hot rodding" during the race and overheated hit envelope so much it melted and caught fire. The pilot had only seconds to say to his wife into the radio...."I love you".....and died a couple of seconds later when he hit the ground.
@@2ExoticZa Tens of thousands die all the time without hitting the news. Only politically convenient deaths make the news. Unless somehow a balloon aeronaut's death can get Jo Biden elected, his death doesn't matter.
Your intro is on point. Learning to ride a motorcycle all I watched was crash compilations. It was hard but I learned a lot!! Been doing great for years now.
Very interesting videos and comments. I've been there too with the power lines. I was a newbie at paragliding, flew too far from the landing site, hit some strong winds and couldn't get back to where I was supposed to land. I suddenly had power lines in front of me and a heavily used road behind me - and the landing site on the other side of the power lines. Not wanting to land in power lines or on road, I deliberately stalled my wing over some snow and spiralled down from about 30 feet. It all went according to my plan: I landed in deep snow and did not injure myself and the wing folded neatly right next to me without touching the high trees surrounding my surprise landing site between a road and some power lines. My instructors came running and told me it was a good call but also yelled at me somewhat because I was flying so far away from the landing site in the strong wind. The original landing site was rather small for a fresh paraglider pilot and also had tall trees, power lines and a road all around it. Not the best place for newbies to fly. I was paragliding without a motor and my options were very limited obviously.
I know it’s late but power lines are designed to have the earth line at the top just for incidents like that, or parachutists. When the parachute hits the top line you are earthed. That’s why he came out almost completely unharmed
As a kid, I watched a student pilot on his first solo flight flying just fine, then did an almost 90degree straight down into large power lines, nothing was left of him or the aircraft except a few metal tubes. Power was out for the city for the night
I work in the Middle East and have done for a very long time, from experience and in reply to the question "what was the pilot thinking" he wasn't, and I will leave it at that.
Hey Tucker, been watching many of your videos. I am not a paramotor pilot but I find your videos very interesting as I am a drone pilot and I see many similarities as far as general rules and practices. Although, what I do is far less dangerous to myself :) Flying with more altitude is much safer and not flying around or over people is a must. I like your style and attitude. Stay safe.
I literally would do this stuff everyday were money not an issue, but I can't because I don't have the training, and I'm not completely sure if I want to. But hecc, if I ever do, I will remember these things, and the many paramotorists like you who make content about this, to get the best experience-building knowledge to do this stuff. I didn't even know these things existed until about a year ago, but now I see so many people using them online, I feel like it is a great opportunity to capitalize on lol. Id be faster than Amazon. (_wait, they have drone now?_) looks like Amazon drone get dogfight by new delivery man fall from sky lol.
Miracle that last guy survived. It does not matter if your grounded if you touch multiple lines the potential between the two is likely similar to if your grounded.
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But what if I wanna do both?
Ya
What if we want to do both
doing the flying training. Then purposely get sissors and cut the cords at 8 thousand feet in the air
While recording
Who didn’t know about paramotoring until you saw this guy and just never stopped watching him.Or is it me lol.
Same
Lol me to
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Same. Really looking to get one now
It looks so dangerous. Who in their right mind would ever do this!!
I wanna try
Same. So both of us are insane.
Me three
I think u meant to say f o u r
*Laugh in skydiving*
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Hope you have $15,000 to invest. Now that’s stupid.
That last guy is totally me. I hope I can remember this when I've been flying a year and think I know what I'm doing.
That’s what these videos are for! Normally I wear sunglasses but I always keep a pair of clear glasses with me so when it becomes close to sunset in after I can switch it still see very well
PARA-ADDICT! And you could still mis seeing the power lines. Altitude is your friend!
@@tomcoryell not all the time, but I get ya
omg you guys are flying :O
@@g4l898 me? naah, I wish 😅😥
FYI on the radio situation. As being a Radio tech in the Army I can tell you the reason why their radio didn't work. The lower guy was near high voltage wires. And high voltage can create interference with their radio. Depending on what kind of band their radios are running on such as VHF (Very High Frequency) or UHF (Ultra High Frequency).. Which explains why his partner couldn't hear him through his headset. So for those who flies near power lines remember this fact as a potential hazard of radio blackout. For the distance to one isn't really clear when too many factors play into the scenario.
hhds113 thank you for your service
Wow!!! That is so interesting...
I didnt think about that, eddy current and lenz law? electromagnetism
Electromagnet Pulse from the arc/spark from the shorted phases is what killed the com...not necessarily the high voltage...only if you had an Amplitude Modulation (AM) Radio would you hear the 60 Hz phasing. I had a similar experience with a close lightning strike near my Wi-Fi router...router would power up but the EMP from the close lightning strike killed the Wi-Fi radio transceiver section in the router!!!
not to mention, those wires are easy to track when you're on the ground driving 80mph because they're well contrasted against the sky. Airborne, they become incredibly hard to track even with a groundspeed of zero because they're very poorly contrasted against whatever's below them
actually really interesting. thanks for sharing the info
I personally know one guy that flew into power lines, him and his equipment caught fire and now he barely has one arm and his face was burnt off. Low level flying is no joke, be smart and safe. This is a great example to learn from with this video and luckily this man walked away unhurt.
Damn, that's gnarly! 😬
Go away
@@Pwnzistor why you sayin “go away”?
@@NaraCG210 This person in the comments that was promoting their bad videos.
Can't you get some electrical resistant material to make the wing and lines out of?
On the parachutal crash into the trees, I agree it didn't seem like it was from too much brake exclusively. I noticed the air seemed misty. I wonder if the wing was really wet from the grass, which can make the wing more inclined to go parachutal.
Definitely! I'm curious to know if this pilot ever had any issues since the incident. Something definitely didn't seem right.
@@TuckerGott What about an undersized wing? especially if it was wet. Would letting of the power have helped?
@@Parastorm. Undersized shouldn't increase the risk of parachutal stall. If anything, I think a higher wing loading would be more resistant.
Holy shitz i havent seen that gamer tag since BO1 hi woody
s-senpai what are you doing here!
Thank you for the analysis Tucker, video number two is me!
Your point about the wet wing is bang on, there was a lot of dew on the ground and had already flown once, landed and re-laid out the wing, so it had soaked up a lot of water...
Went back to flight school after this and still flying! Hope others can learn from this and not make the same mistake!
Thanks for the info and I'm glad you're back flying! 😁 It's interesting how moisture affects wings differently. Some take a lot while others take a little. That's why it's always best to never fly with a wet wing!
Thanks Olly for sharing the footage and for commenting. Valuable information to help keep us all safer! Much appreciated!
Glad you are safe Olly and thanks for sharing. When those power lines were sneaking up on you and you appeared to already be losing altitude, to me it looked like you went into abort mode to accelerate your descent so you would lay up in the trees vs tangled in the power lines. The flight Gods were smiling upon you that day for sure.
Definitely glad you are ok. That looked scary as hell... Thanks for sharing the video Olly!
@@TuckerGott
I think at 10:39 the pilot bumped into one person sitting on a carpet and crashed into someone else. Sending the second pedestrian sliding underneath that 4WD car. The pilot seems to have also hit the car, bounced off, and lost consciousness.
Did they post any information to you about hitting pedestrians, or injuries?
Keep these coming. Invaluable info for all pilots, noobs, and pros alike.
3:02 So this is where Minecraft got the Steve sound from
😂 😂 😂 😂
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I thought it was an edited Minecraft noise at first
underrated
Stowing your brakes is like " No capes " rule in The Incredibles
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Been there with the power lines event. Luckily I also survived, only a scar on my arm from the electrical exit wound. Similarly to your debrief, I made a video to help others learn from my mistake. Low sun is a killer. Thanks Tucker.
I went to your channel and could not find any video where you flew into power lines.
Dewd really,man your guardian angel was working overtime that day Giles!!
@@577buttfan I just hope this chap was ok. I was sooooo lucky and I learnt a lot about flying from that.
@@stanleydenning th-cam.com/video/Vnp4arAYWn8/w-d-xo.html
Golf Foxtrot 22 still no obvious super powers?
Life is hard; Its even harder if you're stupid ~ John Wayne
Or have an IQ under 80 ;)
@Mate Varszegi Blasphemy!!
Anthony ParaGringo but it’s true. The Duke did everything he could to stay out of the military, even knowing that all he would have done was USO shows. Other actors and musicians of the time signed up and volunteered for real duty. He liked to play the tough guy because he wasn’t in real life.
@@adamr9215 This will be my only response to you or this thread. I cant agree with your statement. But this about sums it up for me. We all make tough choices. www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1055/was-john-wayne-a-draft-dodger/
Well who doesn't love a challenge?
I'm a Journeyman Substation Electrician for the local utility company. That last guy who hit the power lines may not have been "grounded" but he hit 3 phase high voltage lines. Looks like about 12kv to me. Each phase has a different potential so they will indeed flow LOTS of current between them. He was indeed very lucky not have been burned by the flash he caused pushing the phases together into a direct short but also very lucky no part of his body created a path between the phases or he would have been electrocuted as well. Never think that you are safe just because you are not grounded. Also, once he hit the ground and still connected to his riser lines that were still wrapped around the power lines, he was then grounded and that voltage can track down his lines through him to ground. He's lucky once again. The relaying probably immediately saw the fault and tripped out the circuit saving his life.
This guy was destined to live! Holy hell! Thanks for the analysis.
“electricity not flowing through him” - They sparked, because they were at different potential. If he had crossed those lines with his body, he would most definitely been shocked. He is extremely lucky (lines at the same potential would not spark). He essentially pushed one line into another. If his arm(s) had flown forward while his chest was touching one line, and his arms had touched another line - it would have been real bad, most likely fatal. At the very least, he very easily could have had his arm(s) burned off.
It's the bird on the wire concept. He isn't grounded so there isn't anywhere the current to go. If he ran into the lines with his chest it wouldn't necessarily shock him because he becomes the same potential once touching it. You are correct that if he touched two different lines at once it would be bad. It most definitely would be fatal as those are two completely different phases. If not fatal it would be a miracle that he survived. The fact that he didn't get flash burned here is also wild. This is a crazy accident.
It’s amazing he didn’t end up with his wing doing the same or getting tangled in the wires himself too
Rango please be kind in giving a demonstration that touching both lines while midair will not electrocute you. Since you were confident enough to insult someone else’s comment, I’m sure you’ll be fine.
Dylan Van it’s obvious, he’s not grounded and he’s parallel to the wires, the circuit would have a net voltage of zero at that point.
@@josephhagen4493 the wire is at 140kv for example and tje other is at 190kv in the phase. Not exsact but the wires will always be at 50kv apart, and that at 1 amp is 50 000 wats. Through a human that will be a bright lightbulb
Pretty good breakdown of my crash Tucker. Thanks for the shout out! When the brake hit the prop it broke it. I also couldn’t tell if the line took a wrap on the hub so I powered off. Because like you said I didn’t want to risk pulling the whole glider in. I was low and could only make a 180 heading back to the field downwind and fighting to keep it level without getting too slow and stalling. Safe flyin everyone! 🪂
You did a killer job keeping it together! 😁
Happy you are okay. Thanks for sharing with us.
stay safe
Good landing, considering. Hope you weren't too injured. Is it possible to cut the brake line if something like this happens? I understand that there obviously wasn't enough time in your case and in a more serious spin, you may not have the strength or be too disoriented. Just wondering at the possible solutions to this should it occur.
Flying downwind with no engine is a tough go to maintain aloft, amiright???
My father was one of the ultralight pioneers. He was a highly skilled and respected pilot. Sadly he died from a powerline strike. Growing up with him and flying with him in his many different aircraft I can say he was amazingly skilled and cautious. Sadly all the skill and caution is not always enough. Fly safe out there.
Kudos to that second guy for launching directly towards the tallest tree in view.
Saw your 15,000 foot video and said "Yep I'm definitely getting into this sport!" Then that video sent me here and I immediately decided to keep my a** on the ground! Still absolutely beautiful videos!
NooB Garage same 😂
Yeah plus it’s expensive 😂😂
@@tomward8640 it is okay compared to other flying like flying cessnas (dont know the english way of saying, in germany this is the E-class flying)
Tucker, I work in the Electrical Utility industry and we use helicopters. Pilots and anyone the works on or around our helicopters frequently are required to take a class called “Flying in the Wire”. A great class you would enjoy as it teaches you how transmission and distribution lines as well as guy cables (for large or tall towers) under certain circumstances become invisible to the pilot. Time of day, weather and the pilots perspective can cause the wire to essentially disappear. There are many techniques and safety measures taught to help you identify or recognize the potential for an upcoming hazard. I have taken it several times and teaches you how you can set yourself up to get caught blind and fly into the wire as you showed here in this video. The helicopters we use and their activities are many times low to the ground ...so observing the potential hazard from many different angles & elevations. There is one particular area we flying that from two directions there are no wires or guy cables but fly from the other two and they stand out clearly. It’s a great lesson of how easily you can get yourself in trouble. Just thought I would share and you may already be aware of this training.
First one was very enlightening. I’ve been sloppy about stowing my brakes when cruising at altitude. I never considered hitting some turbulence might create enough slack to put my toggle in the prop. Wow, even with good instruction, we leave the nest with so much to learn.
solid one andy, much respect to someone who has enough pride to show millions of people their mistake. if only politicians were half as honorable as you.
that powerlines one is really scary if the power lines went across his neck going that fast he might not be able to speak again
Or be able to have his head on
I know, shocking right
Or breathe
Shirts are my thing and so are liking your videos. I actually really enjoy these crash reactions and the advice you give can really help relieve some anxieties people would have.
Me, who knows nothing about machine make man into bird: yes, yes... I know exactly of what you speak.
Tucker... really impressed with your insights. I'm strongly considering getting into paramotoring cause of your videos. Thanks man
Me too, man. It's gonna be awesome.
That happened locally near me. Someone was looking out for him on that day😇. He did a live video on Facebook reviewing the incident the following morning. The livestream popped up 20 minutes before meeting my instructor for my first official flight. 😳 my prior first unofficial flight was quite brief as I crashed into a chain link fence 😖. Be safe everyone.
Big thanks to Tucker & the folks for sharing the videos! Great reminders to be wise in the air & on the ground. Always something to learn.
The last guy is really lucky that he is alive. There are usually two to three live wires and one neutral. He must have not touched the neutral and live together...maybe...
james snowden I don’t know what country you live but in the US there is no neutral line.
Mike R In distribution lines, are there not 3 phases and a MGN (Multi-grounded Neutral) ? So there most certainly is a Neutral.
Look up delta and Wye configurations of 3-phase power grids. Wye has a neutral wire, delta doesn't not. The one that's used depends on the power company and the designers, there are advantages and disadvantages to both. In a delta system, you can die by shorting phase to phase, in a Wye you can die from shorting phase to neutral. Either case has live wires just feet from each other, and both cases are bad.
Source: Electrical Engineer
xygomorphic44 yup I wouldn’t want to die either way.
xygomorphic44 Doh! It’s been too many years since I studied Delta and Wye..... I completely forgot! Thanks for the memory jog!
I'm sure i've got a few standard accidents new pilots could learn from on tape. More than happy for you to use them if it'll help other people.
Some are classic aren't they Dan. ;)
Daniel Jones , I hope you send them to Tucker for EPISODE SEVEN. 😬
@@GolfFoxtrot22 I've had a few gooduns for sure
@@MissMarinaCapri I'll need to get it sorted and uploaded
Daniel Jones , woo hoo, Tucker got videos episode seven here we come! 🙂
What happened to the guy that was standing directly where the paramotor pilot flew right into him? He must have some severe injuries. Got knocked under the car by someone flying super fast.
Your video just popped up in my feed, neat stuff.
I’m a fixed wing pilot and some photos and diagrams of your explanations would really enhance the story.
Keep it up.
Thanks for do this kind of video, learning by others people errors , it is a way to learn not do the same errors, just it is not save way for those people....we need share our errors with everyone for learning
I have no desire to get into this sport, but love the videos and commentary. You’re a TH-cam natural and are super interesting to listen to even for someone who will never be a paramotor pilot. 👍🏾
Lesson #1 - don't be in Tucker's "Reacting to crash videos pt. 7". 😁 👍🍻
Y lol
As an electrical lineman, that was the best scenario that could have happened to that guy. Truly lucky he didn’t get caught up in a cross arm or guy wire then he would have most likely been seriously injured or have possibly died. The fact that he just clipped that 3 phase and fell straight to the ground was miraculous.
Hey Tucker. Thanks for the crash analysis videos. Very informative.
I'm not a pilot and these videos always make me cringe, but these crash videos are always very interesting, and I always enjoy hearing your opinions from your knowledge and experience on what happened and your ideas of what could have been done to help change the outcome of these crashes from your perspective to help other pilots to avoid these situations, Great Video👍
Your awsome Tucker you're doing a great service to other pilots by reviewing the paramotor crashes! keep up the good work!
I love this "arm-chair" analysis of actual crashes out in the real world by a guy sitting in his living room. . . No, really. I'm not being mean or sarcastic. I love it. He's really knowledgeable and knows a TON of stuff about paramotors. Nice work! =]
Great interpretation of events with really good safety advice, thanks Tucker.
Loved your stuff like huge altitude, landing on remote island and McDonalds. But your commentary on these crash videos shows behind every wild expedition there is someone ( your good self ) who makes very careful judgement of risks and circumstances.
On the first one - Had a similar(ish) problem on one of my first flights, except I didn't leave it unstowed. I was having a hard time getting seated, so I stowed the brake while I was dangling, under power with some pretty crazy pitch. Cage bumped the brake toggle, popped it off the magnet and my nice E prop ate it. Luckily, the prop chopped it instead of taking a few wraps. Blew the prop up, tho. Instructor talked me through landing with the D lines, made it alright.
My last flight was my 33rd, and Im still not at all comfortable letting my brakes out of my hand, wish I had a toggle system like the Kougar 3.
That's gotta be pretty nerving to be so new and loosing power (forced landing) and landing with the D's to flare even under instruction. During training, I lost comms with my instructor on my second flight. Good thing I learned hand signals cause I didn't really know when to flare yet. He guided me in to a perfect landing. Was one of my softest landings while in training.
Larry Thielen Im lucky in that Ive always had really good landings, so that wasnt a huge problem but I was about 100ft off the ground. If my toggle got wrapped, theres no way my reserve would have opened in time. Really gave me a fright.
I dont think my paramotor is properly set up, the pitch under power seems extreme to me but my instructor says its a non issue so idk
Watching these videos has made me realize that I really want to get into paramotoring, gonna try and get training next year!
Now that would be a *Shock!*
I’ll show myself out..
I love all your videos but am particularly a fan of the crash videos.....it's an awesome learning tool and your thoughts on the reasons for the crash and how to prevent them is very useful. I appreciate you putting these out! Thanks man!
As someone who has taken out a 7,200 volt powerline I can offer a Pro Tip: DON'T. Scenario was I was VERY experienced, flying a hang glider from a 3,500' launch at dusk in summer in Montana; 1/2 hour fly down to the valley and was not able to penetrate to the LZ so opted to land in a small field next to the road surrounded by trees. Like the pilot shown here, was not able to see the powerline strung from the corner of the road to his well shed, hanging 15' off the ground: hit it with my control bar, ankle, and face just under my nose above my lip. Woke up 2.5 hours later, pitch dark, and crawled 1/3 mile down a road where someone found me. #messedUP
My goodness. Glad you are still above ground. Full recovery?
@@heraclitus6100 yes, but two years of hospital time. Still flying ; it severed a tendon in my leg and severe burns. And memory issues. Otherwise fully recovered.
Lucky you, my friend hit 8000V power line, he wake up of medically induced comma after few days with nearly 50% of skin in 3th degree burn. He is very lucky to be alive... good pro tip, through. If you hit power line it's roll of a dice... whats the voltage ? how you hit it? will you live?
One of our cats climbed a 10.000V power line transformer and touched tail to snout line to line. The short burst of 50hz sound was LOUD 30m away like really a huge sub-woofers at full blast with a blinding light, and that was just a small 10KV (the smallest high voltage lines we have here)....
@@a64738 sad
I super appreciate how fair you are in you assessments. You've never been one, at least in your vids, to just dook on somebody for making mistakes. Thank you for creating awesome and invigorating content!!!
My awesome wife bought me that shirt plus a risky biscuits one for Christmas this year! Love them they are great quality and comfortable.
Ever since I saw your video of you flying a paramotor to McDonald's when I was 12 years old, I've always wanted to learn how to fly one!
Damn, that was a ripper episode. All of them gnarly as hell looking.
As my Marine Buddy says: Situational Awareness is the ability to see what's in the vicinity and anticipate what's not - knowledge that can mean the difference between surviving or being killed in action.
Looks like there was a wire to wire short.
The electricity here has two goals, it wants to get from one wire to the other wire OR from one wire to the ground.
While the guy is in the air he is isolated from the ground so only needs to worry about wire to wire. If he touches the ground then there's more risks.
Risk 1) If his body gets in between two of the wires then the electricity may go through his body while trying to get to the other wire.
Risk 2) If his lines get tangled in the wires and his paramotor then touches the ground there's a risk electricity will travel down his paramotor lines to him on the ground. This would depend on how conductive his lines are based on their material and how wet they are. At high voltages, above 10000 volts, things that would normally be non-conducive start to conduct.
If you get tangled in lines and are hanging mid-air you are better to fall out than risk being in a situation where the wing slips down to the point that it's still in the wires but you're now touching the ground. The only exception is if you are hanging very close to the ground and do not have room to clear the paramotor before hitting the ground, in that case stay where you are.
Ben Wilson great insight Ben. This should be sticky.
You're right, but it's still easier to not fly into them next time
Thanks to the guys that send in videos of their mistakes for others to learn from.
Bummer guys.
I'd really like to fly a paramotor in the future. But seeing this makes me think "damn, i better stay safe with my motorcycles" LOL
Ultralight aircrafts are pretty neat
Still not safe lmao
@@ellenbinswanger8163Define safe
Motorcycle are not that safe neither
I do not fly, however I do appreciate your commitment to share your knowledge and experience to help improve the sport for others. Tucker may all the surprises that you and your fine lady encounter this year be pleasant ones..
" *The air is stupid* "
Sun Tzu - The art of war.
Nah
Your humble analysis is really nice to listen to. Greetings from Arizona.
Not being grounded will not prevent electricity from flowing through you. Power distribution is done in a 3 phase model. An arc like that means their was either a phase to phase short or phase to ground short (there is a ground wire in addition to the phases). If he had a metal frame paramotor, more than likely the frame conducted the electricity instead of his body. He was very lucky that day. Based on the size of the poles, those are probably 7kV lines.
As far as I know, there's no ground wire on power lines. Only 3 phases.
He has a scout
LOL ground wire.
@@samik83 there is also a neutral, which is tied to ground at every pole.
@ good catch, I meant neutral (tied to ground at every pole).
Tucker if you pay attention to the trailing edge of the glider @ 10:30 you will notice the trailing edge is deflected and the AOA is high. Then at 10:32 the wing is surging forward causing it to dive towards he ground as in a pendulum. It is common when trying to look below to pull some brake or he may have been trying o dive at them and screwed it up.
3:56 …"spinnie thing on the back" ROFL!!!!! I wish I could stick around for more but I only had 5 minutes and I just lost two typing this. I better make my bro watch this video, thanks!!
can't wait to learn to fly this summer...thanks for all your videos....great work!
Hi Tucker, yesterday i cut my foot with the prop during launch. Did you already heard about similar accident? I didn't know this was possible. The prop cut threw the shoes (good mountain shoes) and threw my heel.
how is your foot doing now man?
Thanks so much for this: invaluable reminders that we should all take to heart. No pilot is so experienced they can afford to skip reminders like these. Peace...
From experience radio signals dont work well around hv lines i had my drone just flat out stop responding near powerlines
Man! Good. Basic. Common sense advice. Sometimes no-brainers are simply overlooked. Thanks my man!! Great vid, as always!!!
0:17 I want that cup
Irrelevant
But okay
So... go get one then?
I stumbled into this channel and I literally couldn't stop watching your videos. Awesome videos man !
I was attending a hot air balloon race when a guy alone in his balloon was "hot rodding" during the race and overheated hit envelope so much it melted and caught fire. The pilot had only seconds to say to his wife into the radio...."I love you".....and died a couple of seconds later when he hit the ground.
Johnny Hot Rod if this is real it hits hard
@@razzahomies9404 Yes it does! I watched it!
Johnny Hot Rod what’s the vid
Cause if someone died it has to be on the news
@@2ExoticZa Tens of thousands die all the time without hitting the news. Only politically convenient deaths make the news. Unless somehow a balloon aeronaut's death can get Jo Biden elected, his death doesn't matter.
Well one thing I’ve learned from this video is that I’ll never try this sport!! But it is entertaining to watch . I like this kid!
Trees, cushons yer fall, but also sometimes the cause of the fall. Why does it have to be trees that grow naturally instead of stunt air cusions?
Your intro is on point. Learning to ride a motorcycle all I watched was crash compilations. It was hard but I learned a lot!! Been doing great for years now.
Looks like full break then released all at once to become a bowling expert
Very interesting videos and comments. I've been there too with the power lines. I was a newbie at paragliding, flew too far from the landing site, hit some strong winds and couldn't get back to where I was supposed to land. I suddenly had power lines in front of me and a heavily used road behind me - and the landing site on the other side of the power lines. Not wanting to land in power lines or on road, I deliberately stalled my wing over some snow and spiralled down from about 30 feet. It all went according to my plan: I landed in deep snow and did not injure myself and the wing folded neatly right next to me without touching the high trees surrounding my surprise landing site between a road and some power lines. My instructors came running and told me it was a good call but also yelled at me somewhat because I was flying so far away from the landing site in the strong wind. The original landing site was rather small for a fresh paraglider pilot and also had tall trees, power lines and a road all around it. Not the best place for newbies to fly. I was paragliding without a motor and my options were very limited obviously.
At number one, we have grant Thompson.
This comment is no hate. Honestly, I miss him. Fly high bro.
What happened
I know it’s late but power lines are designed to have the earth line at the top just for incidents like that, or parachutists. When the parachute hits the top line you are earthed. That’s why he came out almost completely unharmed
The major thing that saved the last dude is that he wasn't grounded.
great that you're helping others avoid problems in the sport. these videos are great teaching experience.
10:47 wiskey biscuits
I haven’t watched this channel since 300k, I’m happy to see that many other people like his videos as much as I do.
9:53 you must always include the sand people.
Is this racial
It's Star Wars my dude
@@sunzun261 aye
As a kid, I watched a student pilot on his first solo flight flying just fine, then did an almost 90degree straight down into large power lines, nothing was left of him or the aircraft except a few metal tubes. Power was out for the city for the night
I work in the Middle East and have done for a very long time, from experience and in reply to the question "what was the pilot thinking" he wasn't, and I will leave it at that.
Where in the Middle East?
Power line guy was bloody lucky.
“Things are going south very quickly.” Actually, they were going Northwest.
I don’t know how you popped into my feed but I have watched ALL your videos now..!
Crispy Biscuits ⚡️
Hey Tucker, been watching many of your videos. I am not a paramotor pilot but I find your videos very interesting as I am a drone pilot and I see many similarities as far as general rules and practices. Although, what I do is far less dangerous to myself :) Flying with more altitude is much safer and not flying around or over people is a must. I like your style and attitude. Stay safe.
He didn't get hurt by the power lines because he was airborne (he was not grounded). Lucky, really.
Always a good idea to follow safety procedures when flying. Thank for sharing
Creeper: Tsssss....
You: 3:02
I would never do this sport, but it's fun to see you guys do it. Looks really good.
Just name is now "sparky"
Thanks for the good insight as always, good stuff to learn from!
Didn’t anyone else get annoyed that he didn’t go “ahhh” when he took a sip
Wow! Tucker took me to SCHOOL on this one! I hope to fly soon and I NEEDED this video!
Ewww he has no creamer in his coffee
Hes not a fan of sweet coffee
@@ECnations ew
@@ECnations I just have the taste in my mouth and its terrible
@@neutro3544 :)
Nice video's. Invormative with no arrogance or Jerry Springer type drama. Bravo!
I literally would do this stuff everyday were money not an issue, but I can't because I don't have the training, and I'm not completely sure if I want to. But hecc, if I ever do, I will remember these things, and the many paramotorists like you who make content about this, to get the best experience-building knowledge to do this stuff. I didn't even know these things existed until about a year ago, but now I see so many people using them online, I feel like it is a great opportunity to capitalize on lol. Id be faster than Amazon. (_wait, they have drone now?_) looks like Amazon drone get dogfight by new delivery man fall from sky lol.
Miracle that last guy survived. It does not matter if your grounded if you touch multiple lines the potential between the two is likely similar to if your grounded.