Electric Paramotor MAX ALTITUDE Test!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro/Giveaway
0:58 The Plan
3:16 The Flight
8:54 The Glide
11:05 Conclusion - บันเทิง
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Entering today
Didnt youtube remove links in comments or is that just for shorts?
Very curious why 15k ft is scarier than say 5k.?
4400ft in 30 min is not that bad. I didn't expect that he clibs to that altitude. May the Winner have Fun!!!👍😊🇫🇷
Winning is the only way a lot of us can ever have a chance to fly. Look forward to the chance.
Don't give up, lad. It took me 6 years. 6 years of dreaming and obsession. 6 years of saving up and building my career so I could finally commit. It IS worth it, and you CAN do it.
@@FreshTillDeath56I've been dreaming for 3 years and was getting discouraged by lack of progress towards finally being a pilot, so thanks for sharing it took you 6!
Or try paragliding (without a motor), it's cheaper (and quieter).
Same
That comment is absolutely right I will never ever be able to afford drop $10,000 on something like this
15K' Altitude Record was SEVEN years ago? Eeesh. Thought it was like 3 years ago.
It's been great watching your entire YT career, dude. Thanks.
Right?! Paravlog #12. Crazy.
Once the battery life is extended and weight reduced futher then I feel this is the future.
Having said that this machine is a respectable unit.
That sunset was beautiful. Good luck everyone.
I must say, 4400 feet being 1300 meters is pretty cool. I'd love to strap it on in the evening, launch all the way to the top and glide down home enjoying the views during. That would be a super quick flight to finish a good day :)
That's exactly what I do every night. I tell you, there's nothing else as peaceful and as fun as that. And everyone I fly over is waving and happy to share the moment with me :)
The more I think about it the more I kinda like it. 4400 is respectable. Great series Tucker, this one was certainly an informative and honest set of videos. Good luck to some lucky pilot!
Great work on the review series. 4400' is certainly a respectable result.
Honestly, I hope my friend Jon Carmichael wins… He’s a van life guy, and I convinced him to get an SP140 so he could charge it on the road, but he’s had nothing but trouble with it... Random engine outs which eventually led to a crash that totaled his motor… Best of luck, Jon!
There's new battery ( more energy dense ) and EV motor ( lighter and more powerful ) tech just around the corner, so electric paramotors could have a brighter future yet.
Lol no there isn't.. we've been hearing about this for about 30 years now. Sorry no magical battery right around the corner lol
If one follows the EV industry, you will find your statement to be based on ignorance. Battery storage is under constant incremental improvement and significantly greater than it was a decade ago. Simple fact.
@@JoeyBlogs007 I haven't given up on cold fusion. Apparently the science isn't nearly as settled as some people say.
I can't wait to have access to an AI that figure it out one way or the other.
PCBWay can now make aerospace grade 3D prints.
Yep if anything is really going to help paramotors, is the push for bigger drones with larger battery life, as well as larger motors. Man carrying drone style aircraft are also on the rise. In addition, battery tech for electric cars is going to push the development of more energy density.
@@rule1dontgosplat I can't believe the electric parachute isn't a thing yet.
A bicopter with a backpack design. You can overdrive electric motors quite a bit for very short amounts of time. You might not even need batteries. Just a small bank of capacitors.
For military use, the bicopter could become a drone once it releases the human.
Enjoyed this video Tucker. To be honest, I enjoy them all mate and it's always an instant thumbs up from me as soon as they load. Long may your channel continue to entertain and inspire 💪
that 15000' video was the one that introduced me to you and started me on the journey. it's been a while.
Nothing beats a Southwestern sunset ... and certainly not at 4,400 feet! GORGEOUS!!
Definitely a respectable run by the electric motor, but it shows that battery tech still has a little way to go yet.
Love the landscape out there. So different from the Northeast in every single way! Glad you made the move!! 🙌
You always make taking off look easy
YASSSSSSS! T. I love you videos. Miss JEFF So much!!! Super to see you still doing great things!!!
Tucker, May the Fourth be with you and the winner of this sweet SP140 electric paramotor. I am with every foot you climb, every breath you take. This was so scenic as well as a marvellous way to set up the competition. I'll just keep flying on your shoulder and be loving every minute of it. Peace, Fly High.
I always enjoy your videos, no matter where you fly! Nice precision landing! :)
Great series man, enjoyed this content a lot. Did everything I was wondering about, just wish that battery lasted longer. I have doubts the new sodium battery will be that much better
I like that National Parks shirt!
I like every scene of your Videos. Particularly, I sponges up the wonderful view about the broad expanse of your country. Even when you park your truck and unload your paramotor, I like the view to the horizon. We do not have such width here, not nearly! It remembers me to my holidays in the US (Arizona). And of corse, I like watching your starts and flying scenes. Thank you very much! Best regards from Eduard, Germany, North-Rhine-Westfalia
I recognized some of those peaks from your previous videos. You’re teaching us topography man.
That looks like so much fun.
Pretty cool flight.
7 years ago!? making me feel old i watched that video for the first time when it was like 2 years old. time really flys
Tucker the test pilot!! God Speed!!
Awesome test! I completely agree with your testing method for the best case scenario flight - no pilot in their right mind is going to fly until 0% and then pick a place to land. It's simply not safe to do in any conditions outside of ones like your testing scenario. Thanks for posting!
Great Video. I want to learn about Paramotor gliding.
I like the flatlands view.
So cool.. Nice job.. I like the way you did that test.. Peace man Rolfie
Fabulous views of the stately homes
Nice. Seems like the perfect motor for a quick evening flight. Plus no gas smell and able to be put inside a smaller car.
One of the SP140 videos shows the owner pulling it out the trunk of a car like a toyota Camry, putting it together and flying. Definitely easy to travel with.
@@rule1dontgosplat Yeah, I saw that video. Looks like a great setup to have all the time in the car for an after work short flight!
Hey Tucker Gott, hope things are going well. I enjoyed your scientific explanation on aerodynamics. I've done some work with batteries; the overall voltage does decline with lowering of charge and temperature. So, taking the battery to a colder environment (as high altitude) can reduce performance. With that said, the battery will warm itself with use, but overheating the battery can reduce longevity and at a certain point reach thermal runaway and ignite. You can also link multiples of the same battery together to increase voltage or KWH. I would advise caution against shocking yourself as these higher power levels are potentially dangerous and may be prudent to practice extra safety around water.
I wish you the best of luck on your continuing journey of adventure, exploration, and guidance for others who emulate our paths.
On yer game bro.
Good job.
Big fan Tucker…. Keep it up
A great motor if someone just enjoys evening flights, or needs some height to get into thermals/ridge lift. It's like electric cars, depends what you want it for.
Wow. Thrilling.
Dude, if you love flying you should try hang gliding too one day. I've tried paragliding at little, but.. it scares me more. Thanks for your videos, I always enjoy!
I can't even begin to describe how much I'd love to do this! I don't even wanna do flips and tricks and all that jazz. Just climbing high and cruising would be amazing. Thank you for the all the content, Tucker!
Tucker, to really get max battery life, you have to squeeze and roll the battery as it drains. Some people think you can just squeeze, or even use a fruit juicer, but the best method is the ol' squeeze and roll. Just like you do with your toothpaste tube.
Don't forget to knead the spicy pillow to get optimal spice from it 😉
Nice vid. Thank you. Answers questions of inquiring minds. Round trip to max altitude and glide down comparable to fiddle around down low flight. Pick your mood. Good motor for a get home from work and a quick flight before dark (30 min after sunset). Throw the battery on the charger and you're ready for the next day's flight. 4,400', sweet. If there were more time maybe a compare of ebike and butt efan would be interesting?
Love your video
This is just a thought, but when watching the battery series, my mind immediately went to the idea that batteries have to improve. However, with Tesla's for example, the latest Model 3 launch will include motors with efficiency improvements which help the battery last longer for the same amount of work. I have no clue how efficient this electric motor is, and wonder if major improvements can be made.
I suspect the propellor is the area where most gains could be made, other than the wing. The motor is already pretty damn efficient. Battery energy density is currently advancing at a slow but steady pace, however expect a significant jump soon as solid state or semi solid state cells become obtainable.
I think electric paramotors using current battery technology are more suited for a single seat trike configuration where a much bigger battery could be stowed to allow longer flight times, and for short flights like this, you could take one battery off the trike and put it in this type of running launch configuration. Without the ability to fly for at least 1.5-2 hours with heavy throttling, I can't see battery powered paramotors being anything more than a novelty/niche product.
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This was fun to watch..... I wonder what light solar cells on those sails will do though to increase flight time
That was awesome 👍👍
One day we will see a photovoltaic paraglider shoot.
That sunset was epic. Good luck to all that entered the drawing. Fly Safe.
Eggcelent content as always?
Nice. I am hoping you will do another long distance multi-day cross country. That would be terrific. Maybe a team effort. I'm grounded for probably the next week until I rebuild the carb and replace the reeds on both my motors. Keep the blue side up bro!
You have to fly over at saddle mountain near tonopah az. also just a bit west of that you have courthouse rock and the Kofa wilderness.
Tucker I love you videos buddy 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love your vids btw if you have gopro hero 11 please put the speed up on the acreen
Hahah I guessed that height!! 😂 dude super epic video like always excited to see who wins
One other thing I would worry about running the sp140 at full power for extended periods is overloading the speed control. Those things get hotter and hotter until a capacitor explodes and the ESC lets out the magic smoke. I had one blow on a model plane after running full power for too long.
Hi Tucker. I would love for you to try the small battery. I imagine that it must have very little autonomy but I imagine it to be used in thermal flight and to be able to use it to take off until a thermal is found. The primary advantage would be the weight. Greetings from Argentina!
Awesome!
Very Nice
Ill be honest, I just saw one of your viral videos of flying from like 6 years ago..... Im here to make sure youre still alive 🤣
Thanks Tucker, peaceful, informative, concise. Where is the LZ, I realise it’s not far from Phoenix, but where?
The local highways/roads and knowing the Superstition Mountains are in view should make finding it on a map easy enough. (Aviation TH-cam is like the easy-mode of Geoguessr, since you're getting the top-down view of landmarks.)
Very informative, thanks. Any guess what the rate of climb was for the first 1000'?
I appreciate you listing shirts up to 4XL on your site. Not many companies of any size are willing to do that.
Now I just need to you take the next step and offer 4XL TALL and then I'll buy one of everything.
Sorry to ask, I don't even know what size thos is. Considering what we all watch here, what weight goes with such sizes and does a Paramotor support such weights? Just curious amd we all can dream of flying.
Nice flight! >4000 is more than I guessed.
It makes me laugh when you say Pikachu peak, but it's really pronounced: pa-kotch- oh . Paramotoring
Sure looks like a blast! That last video over superstition mt. Was incredible. 👍
Tucker there's no way this can be the last video in the series.
Can't believe I didn't think of it before, but is the engine powerful enough to rocket loop in your opinion?
Great testing! Now please try another electric paramotor Air Italy EPG-21. It claims 80mins of flight duration with 5kWh battery and a powerful thrust of 86Kgs!
Yup so Volts X amps = watts. The more you use it, the lower the volts go so you either need more amps to keep the same power at 50% battery that 100% had OR you get less power, which is usually the case.
I was at SDAZ for AFF. You must be in that area. Around Eloy? I was looking at Google maps trying to figure it out haha. I was going to go hike Picacho Peak while I was there but I drove up to see the Grand Canyon instead
Coincidentally, for some reason whether you were still alive and kicking crossed my mind yesterday. Then this vid popped up today. You've even had a change of hairstyle!
In fpv racing drones we have sth called "vbat compensation" this software feature resolves the battery sag you are experiencing on the low voltage. This rig must have some flight coltroller, so its only software issue.
Nice.
I want one!
@TuckerGott have you tested if the two-blade prop makes any difference on how the electric paramotor performs?
10kW is roughly 13 hp. So 20kW = ~26 hp
Cool best vid
Looks flat to me!! Thank you for the video
Could it really be stretched to a day of endurance with a gliding approach? (And staying over flat-land on thermals rather than ridge lift. Make it so the motor would be needed at the start at least.) I still thought there were enough differences in gear to begin with, and the extra bit of kit with the motor also adds drag.
Would be interesting to see if somebody could milk it for a few hours when the weather has things cooking on the ground.
By the way, one neat video topic would be slalom racing. Like, what sport it is, what it feels like for you, what numerous dangers there are to consider, what equipment there is, how the pylons are filled, etc. It looks incredibly cool, though it's something most of us would never want to do.
Never thought about it when hiking as 4400ft is an casual trip but it's actually so high up from that perspective.
Wow!
im surprised at how fast the battery drained from climbing in altitude like that, even with the glide, you were still more efficient in your other videos when you best case scenario duration tested it. i would have guessed this flight would have been longer with the glide down. i was wrong. 👍
My fear with an electric paramotor is with a lithium battery on your back youre essentially carrying a giant bomb with you that you cant easily bail away from if it ever decides to catch fire and explode
Would love to give paramotoring a shot. But it's definitely a pricey hobby to get into. Have you flied around South Mountain yet?
Can you do a review on the Ozone Moxie PWR?
May the fourth be ith you!
Tucker watching the battery run out made me think of playing Five Nights at Freddy’s. Bing bong *6 AM* Yeahhhhh!
Given the range limitations, climbing 4000ft to take a peek might be the primary use for it.
Do you have a blog Tucker?
Not as high as I hoped, but now we know.
Gliding gently down for 11 mins with engine off, no sound. Heavenly
That some trusting in a oversized carrier bag
Tucker, I’ve recently seen some videos of peoples wings just like folding mid flight, and wrecking. Are you ever afraid that will happen to you?
Who is going to be the clever so and so who designs a wing with solar capturing ability to slowly charge the battery whilst in use to elongate the usage.
May the forth be with you
i wounder; if you had a solor panel. would that help at all or very little . . .
I would have figured that the higher the altitude, the safer the flight as long as you don't go so high as to starve yourself of oxygen. Wouldn't you have more time to solve any issues if any arise?
What strobes are you using in this video? Do they have integrated batteries?
Tucker, cutting your hair was the best thing you did....
Any chance you can do a video explaining why your 15000 feet flight was so dangerous or more about why your perspective has changed since doing the flight?
How big (powerful) can the battery get before the weight trade-off just doesn't make flight sense?
Early in the video you said that catching a thermal defeats the purpose. I don't paraglide or paramotor but does it actually defeat the purpose? Because it seems like someone might love using a paramotor with paragliding techniques so you can maintain control a little more but have longer flight times. Like I am just curious why it would need to be one or the other?
T. Any police interactions in the West? Maybe a video comparing NJ vs. AZ’s finest??? Or how you feel about living generally in the West??
Fingers still crossed.