Watch world's first electric wingsuit flight

[@devirama1]

I've hoped all my life for this wingsuit kind of flying. Now I'm 87, so I guess it's too late for me. But it's nice to know my grandchildren will be able to fly.

[@skootrcootr4073]

Go for it.

[@hilltopgypsy]

Not too late unless you're too scared... What do you want to do, Live Forever???

[@rtmclean484]

Never say never!

[@ro4eva]

If not this, perhaps skydiving for you?

[@hilltopgypsy]

@Brian Mitchell I figure I'm close enough... Being 65... And I don't want to live forever! As far as I, and my similarly aged friends, can tell the so called "Golden Years" AREN'T! So might as well have fun while we're here.

[@lemonlaunch]

"It's a bird!" "No, it's a plane!" "Actually, it's Peter."

[@WishUponaDarkstar]

HEY PETER

[@stevhandingwall2028]

Peter griffin eh hee

[@tunkunrunk]

no , it's super superman

[@Robo0420]

Peter's a gawdamn legend in every universe.

[@Timthegoat79]

​@@Robo0420"I understood that reference"

[@newlibertarian139]

0:53 "I was able to jump higher and higher until it started to hurt and then I had the idea I have to go start skydiving." This guy is hilarious! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Lux7355]

Right? That cracked me up too, I like the way he goes, "Then I switched it on and I said, whoa!" 🤣

[@stulynn2005]

The evolution of flight keeps expanding

[@rickieleelucas6960]

Hilarious 😂

[@ZelenskyTheMadClown]

I was hoping it would keep evolving.

[@Tiagotaf]

I'm not sure which one is stronger: my will to flight like a bird, or my fear of heights. That must've felt amazing. What an achievement. Congratulations!!

[@kennethgrzegorzewski753]

Remember, it's not the fall that scares us, it's the sudden stop at the end.

[@tarnished8980]

I imagine once you do it once there's no going back. You'd probably do it for as long as you can after that is what I mean.

[@trainliker100]

Just don't fly higher than a couple feet off the ground. But odds are, you then might find you would prefer the height after all.

[@mpoyart]

A fastest way to de.

[@bpw8139]

I'm not scared of heights because I'm not scared of falling. It's really just the sudden stop at the bottom that I don't particularly like.

[@photojames160]

As someone who has been skydiving, I can only imagine what it must feel like! With new technology comes new inventions! Really awesome!

[@joshuahankey8833]

Seriously cool stuff

[@earthalienzapa3237]

One day learn how to control gravity!

[@steveperreira5850]

You skydiver people are brave. I just can’t do it. I’m a pilot and I’m sticking with the plane….

[@Texicus_Reddicus]

glad you could grace us with your vast experience and wisdom

[@romangladiator1106]

With new technology comes new horizons.

[@jwc4520]

Having dreamed of flying like a bird all my life, I love this, while far too old to try it, tonight I shall dream again .

[@TheFreshSpam]

It would be beautiful to fly

[@mariogonzalez5107]

This thing will be in the metaverse in no time.

[@bidyo1365]

fk🤮 i really don't want to get old 😫

[@glenntroyer]

Get an ultralight airplane. Aerolite 103 or something like that no license required, you aren't too old!

[@hawkeye1836]

John, in dreams you are free to fly anywhere your Heart/Soul desires, I'm sure you know !!!

[@middleclassic]

Even though I don’t see myself wing suit flying of any sort, it makes me feel wonderful that advancements such as this continually evolve changing the landscape of what can be done.

[@thomaslai8384]

It's really an amazing flight and a huge milestone of humankind against the gravity by using electric power. Congrats Hr. Salzman!

[@klowen7778]

'Fer sure, and so cool that we live in such an incredible time... when within our own lifetimes, we can go to Mars, custom design our DNA, and truly fly like a bird!

[@strammerdetlef]

No electric power was used 😂

[@warhunterzz9548]

@@strammerdetlef ? what are they using then??

[@Kotchilla-fn1ph]

and physics knowledge

[@Francois176]

@@strammerdetlefit's in the title. I didn't see any gas tanks...sooo magic maybe?

[@sikhswim]

You forgot to mention that this is the worlds most deadly sport, but still cool

[@jsonlee01]

I don’t doubt your statistic, but by what measure? Total deaths or percentage of deaths? If it’s the latter, it could mean if there are 5 deaths a year out of 100 wingsuit flyers then that’s a 5% mortality rate. Versus skydivers where that might be 10 deaths out of 5000, giving a .2% rate.

[@marcuspeterson6526]

@@jsonlee01 that’s not the statistic tho for that just so everyone knows, that’s just him asking about the statistic

[@null7198]

Vague statement lol.

[@anchelvakaline1485]

Idk, maybe so. But don’t count out unlimited power boat racing or free solo rock climbing. I think I’ll stick to couch surfing.

[@Actkqk3]

And forgot the most important. This was achieved in 2020. Old news...

[@fkporsche1]

Great achievement so far. Pilot must felt like Superman power. Love to see more advanced developments

[@sootuckchoong7077]

Who say there's no such thing as Superman.

[@PapaJoJ]

@@sootuckchoong7077 well there isn't, but science helps bridge the gap to be LIKE superman, in a way.

[@FitnessConnect]

These dudes that are willing to do these types of things are truly badass.

[@snivelinj7612]

The speed with which technology moves ahead will surely bring higher speeds and more time in the air. It is just amazing how curious people in the world, with dreams and determination, can achieve such great things that not many years previous were considered impossible. Congratulations Salzmann and team. Keep pushing forward.

[@thengine7]

Li-ion battery technology hasn't progressed overly much in the last two decades. Not sure what crack you are smoking. The energy density of batteries is still about 1% of gasoline. Long story short, this is just a PR stunt.

[@skulkingrogue7472]

@@thengine7 I think you're missing his point being that people have deemed a human flying like a bird impossible (vehicles don't count). Wingsuits are the closest we have gotten, and there are even people making jetpack prototypes but they are still very limited to what they can do. To be able to not just glide but actually fly like this is incredible, it's like a real modern day Icarus (except the whole flying too close to the sun part).

[@thengine7]

@@skulkingrogue7472 the point is that it's flying regardless of the motor. The motor adds next to nothing.

[@skulkingrogue7472]

@@thengine7 you're joking right? this is the first version of it, he said at the end of the video that there were improvements to be made. And it did help him, you can clearly see at 3:51 he gained a decent bit of height on the third mountain compared to the other 2 flying to his left, He also doubled his speed.

[@Darkness-ie2yl]

some man no wahn live to bumbo claat

[@ArtByLukeW]

Those "impellers" are called ducted fans and they've been around since the 60s. Still an amazing design.

[@tbirdslot69]

1932 was the first "ducted fan" aircraft flight

[@klimpomp]

Thank you, this bugged me so much. Not to mention impellers exist but he didn't create them.

[@giggoty4926]

they are also called impellers and they have been around since the 1910s actually

[@Nijinskyy]

The wind tunnel they tested it in was an impeller

[@Riceman-o1p]

Yes, we also use impellers to pump water. That has been around for a super long time!

[@TenshiR]

What a time to be alive😃 amazing!

[@NickVanos]

Haha we get the best and the worst all at the same time 🤣👍

[@MadPropzBaller]

What a way to die 👀👌

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

I was gonna say the exact same thing. Lucky to live in this age of technology. 💪😃

[@carlmig]

Same words when men invented the wheel or discovered the fire.

[@lakaumbucha]

Yeah The pandemic and failing economies rock

[@dz1sfb]

It makes total sense to have the power unit mounted below the chest. This puts the centerline of thrust below the centerline of drag and naturally causes a pitch up moment under power which is easy to modulate through the thrust control. Pretty cool!

[@carlosdominguez3108]

Sure you can talk about thrust, but that's secondary to simple safety. You have a rig on your back, you still need to reach back and deploy your pilot chute. Have an electric thrust system on your back ensures there will eventually be a snag or some sort, or you can't deploy, or there's weird burbles that make the pilot chute unable to deploy a main. Keep in mind you don't even have a reserve in BASE.

[@patb5266]

Amazing! The feeling must be incredible to be this close to flying with arms out as we did as kids. Thanks for sharing.

[@dinodubroja7433]

I didnt have the ability to fly as kid

[@dinodubroja7433]

:*(

[@Smokeyxz]

My friend had the ability to fly as kid but he didn’t live very long. I believe he could fly though no one ever saw him do it but… what tf is my comment haha

[@Tikkanier]

Апа1могопАпа1рогп О$Т👎💩🖕🤢🤮💩

[@skaptikl]

I had a more strange experience, as a kid I could fly but one day I woke up with all my limbs amputated leaving me with only my third leg and I thought I would never fly again. As I got older I could produce more thrust with my third leg and trained with women until I could fly again taking advantage of a helicopter type movement. That’s my story. Never give up kids. 💯😤

[@infini.tesimo]

I love how he went from "falling down from high heights hurts" but then turns around and says let's go skydiving 😂😂😂

[@antartic_123]

Right - They show he was jumping off buildings into cardboard boxes and he wanted to go bigger - From here I think he was thinking - "How do I jump from ever increasing heights without getting hurt like I do when I jump from a 4 story building into cardboard boxes??" - Answer - "how about a Parachute!?!?"

[@tvm-manducktv8375]

I want you to see peace (￣ ▽ ￣) 💕💕 May the ducks heal you (￣ ▽ ￣) 💕💕 Please spread it to everyone (￣ ▽ ￣) 💕💕

[@jryde421]

It won't hurt when you hit the ground.

[@salvagemonster3612]

Just stop ok. Stop

[@kalebehederlimasousa9235]

Agora os morcegos não mais são os únicos mamiferos voadores.

[@fearoath8839]

The first step to some kind of free flying suit. Can't wait to see how far this design and product goes. Would be crazy to see a system where the thrusters are built into the wing suit and have the whole suit be more like a vehicle you could wear

[@themiddleman9376]

There is jet wing suits. They have hard wings though.

[@TheShowdown16]

@@themiddleman9376 Hard is propably much better for efficiency. Way less problems with constant misaligment of the trust vector relative to the aerodynamic surfaces surfaces. Also having an actual wing instead of an (suboptimaly shaped human) lifting body is prop also good for efficency.

[@themiddleman9376]

@@TheShowdown16 yeah I know. I just said that because technically it is not a wing suit in the traditional sense. More like an airplane strapped to the back.

[@justcommenting4981]

Jetman is on KZbin and it's exactly that, but still needs the initial drop to reach flying speed.

[@danielschechter8130]

"Vehicle you could wear." You mean an ultralight airplane, maybe. Except that an ultralight would be much easier to fly and probably a lot safer. And you wouldn't need to be dropped out of a helicopter. You could just take off from a runway. Or you could get one of those powered paraglider things.

[@alexandermorrison559]

Wow, I'm an aviation enthusiast and I always wanted to become a pilot but to see what Peter has invented with the assistance of BMW is truly remarkable engineering!!! I am a big cheerleader when someone thinks of the impossible making it POSSIBLE! I am very proud of you Peter and your entire team and I look forward towards your next leap in your extreme adventures! So, from one inventor to another Touché my friend! Herzlichen Glückwunsch Peter!

[@paulseidl4335]

Outstanding innovation, design, testing, proven adaptation for wingsuit sport! Bravo for time & effort to add more safety, speed & fun!

[@JP-xd6fm]

Pointless innovation for a few crazy people. what a waste of time

[@istvanerenyi3259]

@@JP-xd6fm Like...... Igor Sikorsky,or Raúl Pateras de Pescara or Leonardo Da Vinci......

[@donquixoteupinhere]

@@JP-xd6fm hahaha

[@Matityahu-the-God]

@@JP-xd6fm yet you still watched the video and took the time to look through the comments and post a reply 🤡

[@roldiny]

innovation?? have you heard of Yves Rossy and the wingpack this is his idea this guy just made some modifications to something that's been out for over a decade.

[@hitnrun66]

This man decided to use rockets with his elytra. Big brain plays 🧠

[@kennethfisher3079]

I've got one thing to say about this..... Awesome!!! Technology sometimes makes me wish I were younger but only until I look at what Technology has enabled our world to become, then I'm glad to be on the old side of life.

[@psycronizer]

oh Jesus, the tech is crap ! do some research before foaming at the mouth over something you clearly know nothing about !. here's a hint-battery energy density versus chemical fuels, eg; a miniature jet engine, like the ones they use for model planes and jet's

[@yabruf]

@@psycronizer Who cares...lol

[@robert.m4676]

@@psycronizer check out Liberal Hivemind it’s a channel who’s sole purpose is to expose the abundant hypocrisy of the left

[@jeffo4817]

@@robert.m4676 I know it’s totally awesome channel! Friend of mine 🤗

[@robert.m4676]

@@jeffo4817 not bad! He’s a very in tune guy whoever he is!

[@CaptainPanick]

You should have at least mentioned the Jet Wingpack and its creator Yves Rossy out of respect. Yes this is the first electric powered wingsuite but not the first time someone have done this sort of thing.

[@AgentExeider]

exactly, the title and general tone of the video are a bit misleading. At the very least they should follow up with a video on Yves, and maybe even do a compare and contrast and even maybe sponsor a "Ford vs Ferrari" type analysis.

[@ReflectedMiles]

Yes, and there are multiple versions of powered personal flight devices already in use, wingsuits and otherwise, using different propulsion technology. Electrically propelled parachutes / paramotors have been around for several years, and they can certainly climb above their release altitude just like other powered wingsuits can. The piece is quite misleading in those respects.

[@phank.s.4052]

I saw Yves Rossy flying in France 3 years ago, great experience.

[@flightographist]

Aviators and those aspiring to become same know the difference, the jet pack was an entirely different aircraft, wingsuit is the ultimate expression of human flight.

[@ReflectedMiles]

@@flightographist Not with electric fan packs and battery packs attached. That puts the form factor on the same spectrum. A wingsuit is basically just adding webbing, like that of a flying squirrel.

[@gamemeh]

Impressive technology, would love to see it developed to become more efficient and to be able to provide power for longer than 5 minutes. It is intriguing to see the different designs and concepts people come up with for powered flight.

[@pseudophp]

inb4 everyone flying on jetpacks

[@davisguite6379]

Well you obviously have never been in a wing suit before because after 5 minutes contorting your body like that with those g-forces you're pretty exhausted so I'm not sure what anybody would need longer than 5 minutes for but you should get out there and get off of KZbin and go do it you probably like it then you can talk about getting one of those jetpacks and maybe you could be the person that gets it longer than 5 minutes

[@covercalls88]

The weight of the batteries is the real issue. For the past 12 years, I've been flying and testing RC airplanes using the same system he is using. The one limitation has been the weight of 12 cell LiPo batteries. But in the last 7 years battery technology has improved. The size of his fan units are similar to the 120mm fan units I fly with.

[@Shopweasel]

Ditch the power pack parachute there's room more for another minute of battery space.doing 180 by the skin of your....LOL

[@WalkToPoland]

Imagine military with integrated technologies in their gear, instead durable pants and long sleeve, they get a wingsuit attachment with propeller to their lightweight exo-skeleton suit.

[@Hjenkinsfsh]

This is spectacular. Definitely a move in the right direction.

[@Tempestni02]

A move for who? The rich? To the general public, this will never see the light of day.

[@kytddjj]

:

[@BhutJolokias]

@@Tempestni02 Antilock brakes were only for expensive cars at first. Tech trickles down.

[@virada630]

@@Tempestni02 hey man he’s being sarcastic. What he meant move right direction to the cemetery. I mean I wish I can loan ten years of their lives before it’s wasted.

[@NatureAndMyself]

@@Tempestni02 for army

[@andywarwick3745]

That is absolutely incredible. As a product developer I cant give enough credit to the amount of work it took to get that up and running. astonishing work here and a credit to humanity.

[@soaringroadtrip]

That is really incredible. Those speeds are crazy 180...wow! I fly hang gliders and that speed range is 15-35 mph most days but any type of flying with just you out in the breeze is pretty incredible.

[@superbman4088]

if you pop a couple edf fans like this on you could speed that up a bit.. definitely not without increased risk though.

[@jogr4796]

What mph is? any old fashioned unit? Metres needed.

[@Pussmash]

@@jogr4796 186 mph is right at 300 kilometers an hour.

[@Shrouded_reaper]

I wonder about using actual proper turbofans with jet fuel. Power output will be much superior and will get you a longer flight time.

[@jackfrost2146]

What are you flying? A Moyes Lightspeed can reach 65 to 75 mph.

[@BSmithPPG]

Love the new innovation. Leads to greater things, longer flying, and more adventure.

[@justcommenting4981]

I look forward to the highly lethal races and Xtreme games personally.

[@STAG162]

fantastic - I was wondering if anyone would ever improve on the wingsuit design, and I'm glad to see it happening. good choice to improve the handling and making it lighter BEFORE making it more powerful. get the most out of the current design before making it faster.

[@rogerbalay4217]

That frame of thought is absolutely the most reasonable ! Safety first !

[@gballs007]

I wonder if it gets made with a shark fin on the back as well as wing tips on top of the wrists would turn you into an airplane

[@captainkensmith2973]

A stunning video to watch & a big thank to the people who are pushing the limits to what they can do flying wise, keep up the great work and a BIG WELL DONE 👍👍👍

[@BUDX]

I have been skydiving ever since I was 19 and getting to witness such innovation is mind bending. It is not easy to maneuver swiftly in that suit and adding that electric jet can even make turning a little harder as your speed increases hence you get little time to take sharp turns. I don't know how he would manage it but this surely seems incredibly amazing to me.

[@Kevin-b2p3v]

Add a wing chute for slower flight o it looks like you have already nevermind.

[@larrychambers4407]

This is incredible ! Way to go Peter. A BIG THANK YOU to BMW for getting involved. Great job guys !

[@macturner2196]

Look up Yves Rossi. This guy just kinda ripped him off. Yves spent his own money, and can do a lot more than this.

[@drcowe38]

Love the powered wing suit. Well done to Andy on the design and implementation of it.

[@xymaryai8283]

impellers aren't new, and thats not really an impeller, its a ducted fan. basically the first stage of an airliner jet engine, the "jet" part is quite small in modern jets, to the point that their engines are no longer called Turbojets, they are Turbofans. these are Electric Ducted Fans, or EDFs for short. impellers are used in water pumps or car turbos, the other side of a car's turbo being called the turbine, which is where the name comes from.

[@NoSTs123]

Good to know.

[@polymathpark]

I gotta say, I think this video underplayed this achievement. Since davinci, and likely before, people have dreamed of flying, and this is the closest to unaided flying we've ever gotten, and likely ever will. props to your props, mate.

[@amanryan6803]

Falling and gliding isn't really flying.

[@polymathpark]

@@amanryan6803 "It's falling with style" xD to be fair, this is propelled flying as an airplane would, without the airplane, however short it lasts.

[@Secret_Sun33]

Until atigravity packs get disclosed of course.

[@polymathpark]

We could also create mechanically-assisted wings that allow us to actually use our arms to fly, with out current biological set up this is clearly impossible but we have mechanical lifting exoskeletons that could be modified for such a purpose. Somebody do this please, I'm no engineer but I can see how this could be possible.

[@Secret_Sun33]

@@polymathpark So basicly create Vulture from Spiderman Homecoming lol Sounds like a job for Hacksmith.

[@raythomas4687]

Awesome. I would have loved to do this when I was younger. Wow way to go Peter.

[@fkporsche1]

Incredible technology. Love to see its development. Hope they gather more aviation engineers to make it run longer and better.

[@Sinked333]

Fireworks and elytra

[@Homoprimatesapiens]

It looks like he achieved his goal of flying in a wingsuit powered by ducted props. Must be really a kind of a superman experience. Would like if he had tell us how he maintain flight control on this setup. I think the parrabat troops would like to use this system instead of those kamakasi parrashutes they still operate since the days of Noah.

[@kytddjj]

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[@keplermission4947]

Every dawg has its day and you know, if God had meant for man to fly, he would have given him wings. These guys always lose their lives.

[@whitenoise509]

....If God wanted people to comment nonsensical things on KZbin, he would have given them phones. If God wanted people to be healthy he would have given them modern medicine. And so on etc etc about literally every technology modern humans use.

[@sheldz82]

@@kytddjj tjipfbbbmnmityttrrtioooiiio u to sep

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

@@blindtraveler844 the almighty creator equals god....humble yourself.

[@whyamilikethis4032]

It looks like some of the realest forms of human flight that I've seen, like no huge janky jet pack or something like that but instead just a small light engine that produces a ton of lift on a human wing

[@stuart5236]

Don't get too high up though 🌞

[@MWorsa]

Janky 🤣 ❤️❤️❤️

[@williamhung1004]

Imagine crashing into the mountains, at 185 mph? Simply incredible.

[@karlhaus790]

No that sounds fun also... cArash... not a bad way to go at all...

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

@@karlhaus790 guns are way more effective, I'm mean if you really want to die.

[@Slash687]

@@SteveMillerhuntingforfood or explosions

[@boej7409]

that would be awesome

[@jonathanbarnes7981]

Theirs a video on KZbin somewhere if it hasn't been removed of a guy who crashed wearing one of these ...... a smashed up tin of beans is al I can say to you

[@siro5838]

No Red Bull involved! 👌🏼

[@MadedlnChina]

No comments, let me fix that😊

[@emitindustries8304]

Great video, editing and videography. I hope this device gets better, like so many previous aeronautical machines over the decades and centuries. I also hope the pilot doesn't end up a pink mural on a mountain side.

[@FrotLopOfficial]

I wish stuff like this could last for hours. Imagine asking your friends "Hey do you want to go fly to the beach"?

[@opal736]

seagulls dude, they hurt when colliding

[@planeloverpilot2]

@@opal736 bird strike 💀

[@NimsChannel]

I could eat a peach for hours.

[@Astrol589]

Sounds cool or maybe go on a Flying First Date to a picnic you set up in a cool location. Bound to win the girl over 👍🏽. Or imagine all the kids flying to school and back , dam it’d sound like a flock of galahs . High speed flying suit police chases. Pit manoeuvres , haha.

[@ckdigitaltheqof6th210]

If you can mount a vector thrust pipe at the feet exit, folding at knees, instead of the chest thrusting drag over legs, one can freely navigate, doing scissors, loops, even rotation by hip, we tried that with a low fuel level flare booster, so electric would be dynamic, longer, perhaps much safer.

[@insanedragon5467]

NO FUEL !!!!! SAFER

[@ckdigitaltheqof6th210]

@@insanedragon5467 lolz we did use fuel, but this craft posted, is *electric-engine* ...the most safest for the operating user, an engine, NOT permanently attach to the body. Also don't forget your parachutes with it🤨

[@lorabenz]

jet power is the way to go to lift a 200 pound man you need trust of 1600 nm/s only jet power can do that

[@lorabenz]

look at a big drone it need 6-8 motors to lift 6 kg or 12 pound whit big rotors at least 20 cm dia, and wingsuit is not a plane you still fall down it just look like you are flying , you might gilde longer whit a wingsuit but you dount fly

[@raulduke6953]

Yes , and perhaps some thrusters in the hands as well . Maybe a full face helmet for wind protection , then one could navigate even more freely and if BMW put tiny guns all over it and paint him red and gold he could fight crime in his spare time . Grow up

[@yetanotherjohn]

WOW! Watching him climb so fast! That was wonderful.

[@denstontjackson6279]

I think it's a very good and useful piece of technology. The applications are endless as it relates to recreation and being productive.

[@idlecom]

What are you thinking of when you say this can be used productively?

[@mrcommando2012]

Military applications?

[@1964mcqueen]

It might be the first electric powered wingsuit, but not the first powered wingsuit. There have been several jet powered wingsuits going back to 2010.

[@jzk3919]

This was my only critique also about the otherwise good video.

[@elultimopujilense]

Maybe that is why they put that in the title of the video

[@tim7696]

I think you should have 3 minute duration battery use or shorter. You could even have 35 a second HD supercharged electric wingsuit that you execute a suicide burn with, like SpaceX does.

[@RoadTripTravel]

Looks amazing. What a rush that must be!

[@Reignunlimited]

Yeah especially when it malfunctions and you go head first into a cliff.. Awesome 👏

[@TheQuickNews]

I really liked it, I actually had the same idea a couple of years ago, glade to see I was not the only one.Great job!

[@carsten9168]

Wow ! An amazing electric battery powered wingsuit that finally makes us fly like birds. Eat your heart out Superman !

[@waynekolvoord968]

Superman could take off and land without jumping from a helicopter or wearing a parachute and he didn't need batteries so he could fall further, just saying that if you really are trying to do a comparison with a cartoon character, not trying to burst your bubble as I think it's cool but not practical.

[@biagiocozza8875]

Wingsuit flying is awesome, making a wingsuit fly higher, mind blowing!

[@stuart5236]

La sfida di Icaro è realtà🤙

[@brandenbc31]

I think EDF "Electric Ducted Fan" is the correct term for that propulsion system not impeller. Very cool! It will be awesome to see it get better in the future! Great work!

[@aztek6561]

flying people before gta6

[@krist6074]

This looks so cool!!! I have no doubt that humans will fly like birds one day in some way or the other. Looks like that's happening right now!! Great work!!!

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Did I hear him right at 4:02 - 186mph???

[@CCM1199]

Jetman flown with jets and airplanes years ago until his death. Yves Rossy is the original man to fly a jet pack through the air and was featured throughout the world

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

Not like birds, more like slower falling rocks lol

[@richardwellons5138]

Just imagine how this tech will just get better and better, as battery technology continues to improve ...

[@valeharperx]

5 minutes of battery is already pretty impressive. Think about it, you're not keeping this thing running for the whole 5 minutes. Instead, you're only using it every now and then to adjust and when you want to go higher. The use time to do that is far less, so your potential flight time ends up being much more than 5 minutes total.

[@ct1762]

battery tech is not going to improve as much or as fast as you think. the more energy dense, the more unstable it becomes. just like Musk's vaporware claims about a battery 2x as powerful by doubling the size only.

[@DrMJT]

The Jet Pack Suits are not obsolete. When there is longer lasting battery power, the duration of the flight can go from minutes to hours. No heat exhaust etc...

[@LarsLarsen77]

There are limits to battery technology. It will never have the energy density of fuel.

[@LMBLNCR]

@@LarsLarsen77 make a more dense fuel an that rule will be surpassed won't it? the main issue is a higher density means higher weight the weight is the limit even if the density is not in future.

[@richardmillward3898]

@@LarsLarsen77 on the other hand, electric motors are much lighter than IC engines.

[@whatcher8151]

A SMALL RAMJET AND A GALLON OR TWO OF KEROSENE. TURN YOURSELF INTO A HYPERACTIVE HYPERSONIC NUTJOB

[@robertkees6048]

If it weren't for the whole gravity thing, that looks like it'd be a lot of fun.

[@hummingbir6]

“Up in the sky! Look! It is a bird. It is a plane. It is Peter Saltzman!” 🦸🏻‍♂️

[@cebollas2379]

Wow I’m surprised he can even fly with balls that big

[@007skumarajay]

Only if you fly without parachute

[@P_double_H]

and heavy.

[@mahatmadoo2566]

Balance and control

[@DeathBringer769]

That's what the "propulsion system" hanging beneath him actually is -- his balls :D

[@redbotbluebotmappingrobots9669]

Such a terrifying sport but pretty amazing!

[@kidnath]

its really safe...

[@Skype93]

@@kidnath sure

[@thetruthseeker5307]

He is really taking it to next level. Now, it’s just a matter of time when humans will have their own private flying vehicles like this wing suit.

[@deepnx]

And smashing into random peoples windows? This is never going to reach to general public. Not in the next 100years. (and even that would be autonomous)

[@mixrable1212]

They're called airplanes

[@DStuart-s1q]

Astonishing work--love it. Keep it going!!!!

[@kofidze]

Amazing, world needs more people like Peter building from ideas and dreams, things that will eventually benefit all mankind. Keep it up Peter.

[@pfflyers1]

completion produces best advancements in new technology

[@cattigereyes1]

That so cool! Making people able to fly!

[@jamesmay2631]

Amazing! Can't wait to see what the future will be for such an innovative and daring man. Congratulations!!!

[@ravenstarfire8816]

I think he should dress up in an Ironman suit and fly.

[@KombiLife]

I'd back that on kickstarter!

[@narcolepticinsomniac8124]

Serious military application for special forces jumping from safe zones into operational areas. Also if the battery capability could be extended, it would be even more incredible than it already is. Great work!

[@HatWearingDog]

Only thing is, it would be a pricey program due to its weight. Soldiers can’t carry one of these home, unless it somehow broke down into pieces. They’d likely have to scuttle a dozen or so every time they deployed a team with it.

[@johnwebb7411]

*laughs in us military budget*

[@Longevitystrengthcoach]

Great application if you jump from the sky in your shorts and t shirt without personal kit and weapon

[@narcolepticinsomniac8124]

@Ready For Anything I'm thinking more spec ops small team infil light gear QRF missions or recon type stuff, not so much for full scale drops. If you think how much dropping bombs cost per bomb, a few disposable jet suits is a drop in the ocean

[@JoshPhoenix11]

The military and the Military Industrial and Intelligence Complex would be way ahead of this. They would of known he was working and developing it from the start, and there wasn't any mention of the military contacting him which just re-enforces that its obsolete to them.

[@alistersutherland3688]

Stupendous! I'm not sure I could ever have done something like that even when I was young. I wasn't given to throwing myself off buildings as a teen or anything like that! But that really is an achievement, and beautiful to watch. I expect one has to be supremely fit to do this kind of thing. I imagine there's a market for the invention, albeit a very select one, but still, it's bound to expand the sport, which has been growing steadily for years.

[@KagelCanyon]

@alistersutherland once I got an invitation to rappell down a 100 ft cliff. It was exhilarating! But that first step was murder

[@theghost2511]

Could you imagine if we would’ve had these when we were 12? Even better, we got em’ when we’re 40 -Step Brothers

[@TigerTodd46]

This is a complete game changer for Wingsuit proximity flying. Hopefully as technology improves, the pilots will start to use it as a safety buffer at the very least. Hopefully this will reduce the amount of casualties from flying too low.

[@lynby6231]

I can see the SAS and the likes exploiting this for it’s military potential.

[@mauijttewaal]

I'm afraid it will only increase them as people will take larger risks...

[@wqwegjrtge8384]

Yes someone who flies close over a hill and then suddenly the electrical decive starts to fail.

[@whitenoise509]

"What he calls an impeller"...... Yeah pretty sure that's what everyone else would call it too. He didn't invent the impeller lol.

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Yeah, that bothered me. There's really nothing revolutionary about any of this.

[@tamie341]

NERRDDDDDDSSSSSSS!

[@LimitedWard]

You can tell it's an impeller by the way it is!

[@Riceman-o1p]

Yes, I've been installing pumps for years and I'm pretty sure that's what they call the dilly- bobber inside that moves the water!

[@michaelgoodman8742]

Does this suit enable continuous climbing flight, or is a climb dependent upon speed previously developed in a dive? That is to say, can the whole outfit only reduce the rate of descent rather than enable sustained level or climbing flight?

[@chrisg5271]

Absolutely great point, impressive all the same I wasn’t expecting a climb phase at all

[@BlizzardSeeker]

2:38 in the video they state the suit has power enough to thrust for 5 minutes. I would imagine using that sparingly.

[@j.ballsdeep420]

@@BlizzardSeeker strap on more batteries with emergency release.

[@jeanraymond281]

Power to weight ratio determins all factors in altitude, climb, distance . Has multi factors

[@mnhsty]

He did climb. Without the booster he would always be falling. So I suspect he could climb out of a level drop as well, though it would be a hairy maneuver.

[@369dusty]

Scary & amazing !! Unbelievable a couple years ago. Peter is very brave to do this. Hats off to him !

[@portnuefflyer]

" A flatter glide" is what he was after, and got. Hardly enough thrust in that little unit to climb out, short of a brief zoom climb. Still pretty cool.

[@DeathBringer769]

It just helped zoom climb a bit farther, a bit higher, which is still cool.

[@portnuefflyer]

@@DeathBringer769 Agreed, very cool! I'm still amazed how much control wing suiters have, turning I get, but pitch? very cool.

[@normanlangeveldt4664]

Absolutely Amazing - the future is changing right before our eyes!

[@longevitydrakomusic6275]

We’re witnessing greatness

[@aminealaouielazher942]

How long until we have proper flying devices for consumer use ? I’ll bet we’re less than a century away

[@mohithrai5696]

I think we are halfway there

[@allangraham3649]

When they deem the public smart enough not to abuse them ? Or scared

[@Joe-zw9ep]

You could quite easily make one now.

[@alistairclark6814]

They will never allow that level of freedom. I have to sneak around jumping my wingsuit now...

[@mill2712]

@@alistairclark6814 I see this as a another toy for the rich or a once in a lifetime business for middle/upper-middle class at the best.

[@MyKingdomforAdRevenue]

186mph is insane, that's so much torque on your body. The wingsuit must be so high quality to stay together under those forces. Woven with Superman's cape

[@BendMax]

as an engineer I was planning to try and make something like this but I guess they beat me to it. Also just cause 3 and 4 had wingsuits like this, this is straight out of a video game.

[@controllerforce_50East]

When I was a kid my friends and I jumped from a two story barn playing super heroes. I sprained both ankles. It contributed to my phobia of heights. I have always been a fan of the flying suit. Now you've done it with the electric wings. I love it.

[@robertc.6441]

WOW! I m speech less, that guy has real guts! I could never do anything like. I am in my mid 50's and have never even flown in anything except a roller coaster when I was a kid. I fell off a ladder painting a house about 10 feet up and am permanently disabled.

[@williamrayburn5314]

I am sorry to hear, maybe a zero g situation would be beneficial and maybe fun. Parabolic flights are certainly not cheap...but could be an achievable and amazing experience for you. Obviously with guided safety measures in place. Have a great day... If nothing else might make for a nice daydream. 😊😉👍

[@Pizzagulper]

This is so cool! It really does make sense to put it on your chest, because if you have thrust on your back, it will try to pull your back forward, tilting you downward, while if it is on your chest, it would have the opposite effect. I wonder how long it can run without running out of battery.

[@ChaosAOE]

they said in the video it has 5 minutes of propulsion

[@astronemir]

Man this looks so amazing. I really want to do it within my lifetime.

[@Carmoflage]

So basicly a much less powerful, electric, front mounted version, of the back mounted jet-wing constuction which was used to fly over the sleeve channel still impressive and i see potential in the system, like i see in the jet-wing. I Wonder if additional Wings and a longer power output would have a impact in a much longer "hight sustained" fly time.

[@DonDiesel85]

Yooo i have ALWAYS wanted to rock-out and have that incredible experience with a standard Wingsuit. you gotta feel like Batman or something haha. this bad boy brings it to a whole new level. Very cool man.

[@gracie99999]

at the end of it it’s a lot of movement and it’s fun.. batman ain’t got nothin on me 🤓💯🥾🐍 jus kidding around chief

[@mark11967AD]

I’m surprised the wingsuit can handle speeds of 180 mph. These guys have balls of steel. Good luck and happy flying.

[@stevebachochin2038]

I wish I had the guts to try the impeller. Military applications?

[@dhirendersahani2544]

Wow thats really awesome electric wingsuit.

[@richardrich4320]

what a great video ! I love the whole engineering behind it and the final results are excellent !

[@ucheucheuche]

Needs some form of VTOL system, using a helicopter or high ground is a big barrier to entry.

[@christopherknee5756]

Come on! Who is going to be the first to take off the ground with a powered wingsuit on a skateboard?

[@anepicjourney]

Honestly, one of the coolest things I've seen. I would love to fly in one of these

[@flightographist]

4 or 500 hundred skydive jumps and you would have the skill...to survive the experience.

[@busterbiloxi3833]

Go ahead. What’s stopping you? No excuses will be accepted!

[@wiseogjc370]

This is amazing. I imagine the military is all over this to implement it in special ops.

[@ericoschmitt]

You've been playing too much games... Hardly justifiable. Normal parachuting can deploy a soldier with a bunch of supplies, and drones can do the flying. Something like this is ver unpractical as transport or spying...

[@wiseogjc370]

@@ericoschmitt I have not been playing games actually sorry to disappoint, in fact haven't played video games a very long time. Anyway, I wouldn't rule out at all that the military would research this new type of wing suit application and test whether it's possible to adapt it to military operations. Military will test anything out that could give them an edge in combat settings. It's not at all impossible.

[@ericoschmitt]

@@wiseogjc370 military are specialist in wasting tax money :) as a sport/fun this is great, but I fail to see one combat setting where this can be useful. Even jet backpacks are useless compared to drones nowadays. A lot more expensive, harder to maintain etc

[@wiseogjc370]

@@ericoschmitt Military will not waste an opportunity to research and test out new technology that they can somehow implement in combat situations. It's always been that way, the military is always looking for new ways to implement better military capabilities that can give them the upper hand in any combat situation or even for war times. It's common sense.

[@BradPham]

Have enough thrust to take off from a running start & I’ll be impressed! I wish superhero movies would use wing suits and even this new gadget to film flight scenes. I’m certain that you’d get much more organic motion-tracking than you do with CGI flight scenes.

[@samuelhepburn2636]

I agree,just like they should use more real human giants,and bodybuilders in Super hero movies ......

[@andydy464]

literally the only part of the movie I remember.

[@trainliker100]

I think the "Commando Cody" suit with black leather jacket and a silver jet pack on the back and the bullet shaped helmet looked best. Similar to what was in the "Rocketeer" movie many years later where they had a bit more of a steampunk look.

[@americanalghoza]

That was INCREDIBLE. Also, dear editor: we do not need to see a different camera angle every 1.5 seconds. It would have been cool to just see the flight more clearly from fewer angles.

[@brainstormjokob637]

0:10 does birds have electric motors? I knew they where charging on them power lines…

[@TurboRetard]

Its not really like a bird lol. More like a flying squirrel with a turbofan 😂

[@jcpninjaturtle6687]

This fills me with so much pride that it made me emotional. Yet another limit surpassed by human kind!

[@chrisperry7538]

It would be interesting to look at speed and altitude data. I am guessing any wing suit can flare in controlled flight, but at the sacrifice of speed. Also, I am guessing there is a harness system to maintain the attitude of the thrusters. How much does that restrict range of motion in the suit? I like it!

[@TheGamingRobin-cm8hs]

Can you imagine how excited he was? I'm pretty sure his heart was ecstatic