How does this even happen?!? - Reacting to crash videos pt. 10

[@TuckerGott]

All of the non-private videos mentioned in this episode are linked in the video description! Be sure to check out the PPG Bible 6 if you want to avoid appearing in a future reacting to crash videos episode! However, if you do have any clips that you want to submit for this series, please email them to [e-mail]- tuckergott.com/collections/all/products/powered-paragliding-bible-6

[@tinksouffle]

comment be like time travelling

[@akshajpillaaaay798]

Ha! Early.

[@rexyaxy4314]

grant thompson

[@saim0-0n]

Why is this 18 hours ago.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@rexyaxy4314]

@@saim0-0n it was privated before

[@MarkLoves2Fly]

Note to other pilots: "We're already super cool. We fly! There is no need to show off."

[@cavv0667]

100% agreed... we aren't birds; no tail feather displays required! XD

[@Stan-rs1ne]

@@cavv0667 Correct

[@AllFouRoux]

People are impressed enough the damn things fly; no need to show off any further!

[@YourFrienjamin]

Good point I admit I need to hear

[@jordantaylorscaife2448]

"You're not supposed to touch your whole cage, body and face in a wing tip drag."- Tucker 2020

[@swoop_cheetah]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rmz450racerable]

I always pull off doing my wingtip drags like that the ground was slightly on an angle so when i go to the side of the circle the ground under me was higher than the ground under my wing

[@styx85]

Tucker always brings the practical advice.

[@ppgairbending5571]

I almost drowned this past weekend after my engine cut out on me and I had to make an emergency water landing. I had a 360 camera going but the SD card got corrupted so there's no video. I was actually planning on sending it in for this series. At any rate I had flotation on but it was near the bottom of my cage. Since the air in my gas tank was also giving buoyancy to the bottom of my cage the top was pushing my head into the water and it was hard to keep my head above water. I was able to unbuckle and get away fortunately. If my flotation was higher up on my cage I more than likely would have just been floating there until I could get someone to help me. Instead I almost drowned! To all my fellow paramotor pilots: please properly place your flotation! It could turn a life threatening situation into simply an embarrassment.

[@oliverrufa1064]

PPG Airbending yo, you should try fixing that sd card. There is a very good video that explains how to do it. I will link it here. If you fix it, I would definitely like to see tucker react to it. Hear is the link:kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6TbYZeNmMuLic0

[@tombapilot04]

They can recover data from corrupted sd cards. Could be expensive though.

[@thsharris1]

#5 looks like a wake encounter. High loading plus maneuvering, all in relatively calm air, means the wake loiters in a compact volume with concentrated vorticity for extended periods. Fly back and forth looking for it long enough and you will eventually fly through it. Soaring instructors know this from the figure-8 maneuver over an intersection or other land mark. Take the student through this early in their training in calm air, and you know if you hit the mark over the intersection when you feel your own wake. Later on it gets more difficult to cross the same intersection when its windy, and you will virtually never hit your own wake in those conditions. Its great to do it early in a student's training because of the realization and positive vibe if you hit the wake at the intersection. In vid #5, it seems like the canopy suddenly exhibits uncompensated momentum otherwise unrelated to flight condition or control input, and that is exactly what a wake encounter will do to a soft wing. Canopy relative work (CRW) skydivers always try to avoid this but deal with it regularly, especially when breaking in the newbie who doesn't understand where the wake goes relative to the canopy. Low altitude powered flight will prevent the wake from descending significantly because the surface is so close. In slalom it can be even worse because multiple parts of the extended wake turbulence can wrap around each other and increase the danger volume near where that happens. - A Rocket Scientist

[@garybooker9583]

There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.

[@100GTAGUY]

The only exemptions are ww2 pilots to be fair.

[@SuperDrumwolf]

uh? chuck Yeager…old and bold.

[@DoctorAstrolBlack]

Batman

[@croquels1]

the BOLDEST AND OLDEST... BOB HOOVER!

[@dudeonbike800]

There should be a $10 fee to post this hackneyed adage to feed the children, or save the kittens, or something!

[@Mikesworld777]

Niko experienced true ground effect. He was going fast enough and had enough power his wing created a pocket when it fell behind him that essentially sprung it back up.

[@WoodysGamertag]

One thing I noticed about the last clip was that the hang points were really low. Typically even if the balance is off you just tilt because the hang points are so high. I can see how you'd go upside with the way that aircraft was set up.

[@577buttfan]

Junk

[@painlesstom]

Yep, why the attachment points were so low made no sense at all. Like someone built that based on nothing legitimate and just went for it. I've been flying PPC's for two years and that was nuts. Lol

[@jasonbeach4283]

Woody can you please make a paramotor video it’s been to long man. Please.

[@patrickkeller2193]

@@painlesstom Yeah, that thing is build like a seesaw. It might work with two people if you are lucky, but with just the pilot and no counterweight, it had to tip.

[@bearbait2221]

i read your comment after making mine and we see the same dum thing

[@johnbaker5717]

Your comment on the wingtip drag video about not succumbing to the temptation to show off reminded me of some sage advice a good friend once got. I hope you can forgive the tangent I'm about to go on. A good friend who is an accomplished drummer was sitting in the kitchen of a Chicago blues originator, Dave Myers, having a chat. Dave asked him, "Ya know when you're playing and everything's sounding great and then you decide to do something fancy?" Then Dave's eyes got big and he said very emphatically "Don't do it!" Of course when you screw up the groove on stage, nobody's gonna get hurt. Thanks for the great videos!

[@icaremore]

I don’t paramotor. But I enjoy your vids & quality. My background is in emergency medicine. I fully appreciate the effort you put into helping others in your community be safe while enjoying an amazing sport. I also appreciate the responsibility you take for your content & the effects it can have. Again, I love your channel. Thx

[@aaronhanes1828]

As a private pilot in certified aircraft, I always marvel at how these guys do everything you’re not supposed to do In an aircraft. This is so so so dangerous. We get safety drilled into us with thousands of hours of training and these guys just literally wing it! It’s no wonder I know of many who have died.

[@theairaccumulator7144]

But also when you are paragliding you aren't also risking the lives of 100+ other people.

[@sampatel90069]

l think “crash” should be renamed “ground attack.”

[@travisk5589]

10:27 Loafers? Dude had it coming.

[@xCLIPxGODx]

0:07 is what happened to me a few times. It made me and my fiance scared to keep flying. We got over the fear of landing and are doing great now. There's no better feeling than being up in the air, such an adrenaline rush for me. Be safe and keep posting vids. 🤙

[@SimonBissell]

The aerobatic incident at 12:00, I think their prop's thrust, momentum, and drag moment saved the flight. When it began to drag, the forward momentum causes an upward swing which allowed enough altitude to recover once the wing reinflated. Luck and skill combined I reckon!

[@jacksonbennett6151]

Simon Bissell sky blender mode engaged!

[@577buttfan]

Yup,he had a ton of speed and just enough altitude.

[@577buttfan]

@@donjohnston3776 yeah I think his wake definitely had a part.

[@577buttfan]

@@racitup4114 I also think the prop wash helped inflate the glider too.

[@marmelinho3405]

Makes sense, I totally agree with you.

[@Chris-lf2li]

i recently went to a paramotor school and explained them how i saw someone on youtube do crash videos and before i even finished my scentence he said "tucker gott?" i was like yep. youre so famous in these schools and shops because almost all young newcomers first saw your channel and videos and this is like refference material for a lot of newcomers. you bring a lot of people to this sport

[@0611930024838]

cringe at that guy that fell in front of the 7 dirt bikes.... damn i felt it

[@transsib]

Haha, me too. At least he was laughing about himself!

[@slimyfeet8696]

Do you think that engine is ruined from the water?

[@1over137]

Just remember the wing fills with water and when full will weight several tons. If there is any current, tide or waves you want to unclip IMMEDIATELY. The BPHA recommend unclipping before ditching and only keeping a single leg strap connected, lean forward and dangle your feet, unclick the final leg strap and let the water drag you out of the harness as the wing overshoots, leaving you free from the tangle hazard. Water landings are considered an automatic fatality by the BHPA, as so many have lost their lives even on a beach being entangled and dragged under by the wing. I have seen videos of an incident where 3 people tried to help a paraglider out of the water but they could not pull the wing hard enough.

[@mwiz100]

It is common practice in skydiving that if you are near any body of water you have a hook knife so to cutaway your lines as soon as you land for the same reasons. PPG pilots should do the same if you're going to fly near water. Trying to undo a carabiner post-water landing may cost you valuable time.

[@1over137]

@@mwiz100 Most harnesses use quick relase clips. They are designed to lock under tension, but are quick release when slack. So it's usually fairly easy to get out the harness quickly if you prepare for it.

[@benjammin3060]

Tucker, thanks for sharing my faceplate vid. I really appreciate it being seen on your platform with so many people able to see it and learn from it. Cheers Man!

[@JC-yb3zb]

Props for owning it.

[@Blacksheep1042]

Thank you for teaching us from your mistakes, its a bless. Have the best, land always perfect. Much appreciate.

[@benjammin3060]

You're welcome and Thank you, you too😁

[@577buttfan]

Yeah dude,keep that glider a little behind ya for launch..more lift

[@kBIT01]

It must have been pretty bad if you needed a face plate.

[@Robin-sc1lf]

Dude who hit the water loses an additional 50 street cred points for wearing the most graddad shoes ever to do extreme sport. 10:28 they are like some kinda tan leather slip-on shoes. Just no!

[@megadawg342]

Penny Loafers. LMAO.

[@Dbell12221]

I saw that and couldn’t really believe it‼️

[@billycox475]

I mean...I have zero experience with this sport and I was like dayum, boomer

[@DarnThatDragon]

Probably paying for parts. Wish I could afford to be Truck Poor and participate in ParaPoverty.

[@markfox1545]

@@billycox475 highly unlikely he was born immediately after WWII.

[@joshmedina5471]

I just got that book a couple days ago! I can’t believe how detailed it is! I am reading through this before I go do training 🙂👍

[@danielhorner1330]

I also just picked up the book! It's very amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.

[@577buttfan]

Ppg Bible yeah,I wore mine out reading it.

[@2dragonfire514]

Lol I read this comment like .1 seconds before he talked about the book

[@kcook8119]

Yea I have the book in the bathroom. Have approx. 30 more shits before finish reading it.

[@AV8R_1]

😆 that dude that spun into the water in front of the dirt bikers was not only trying to impress them with his slick maneuvers, but also his dad jeans, black socks, and penny loafers. Everyone knows if you want to look cool you’ve got to wear crocs!

[@izzzzzz6]

There is a moment where Nico is holding himself above the water with the thrust from the prop alone. Skills!

[@CalmingAnxiety]

10 years back we had a young pup showing off all the time, mainly right over people. Told him to go do his stupid sh@t in the next field. 5 mins later (caught on cam) he wing tips on someone elses gear and spiral fractures his femur !! 2 hours for medics to get to our location!! Sadly he didnt learn from that and within a year was a very sad fatal in front of everyone

[@biffaplayz]

Who else is here looking for someone that knows what happened to the Chinese powered parachute?

[@githubballa3428]

I'm dying to know! Like did it continue front flipping, or did he have the skill to bring that sucker back down to the ground?

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

I need a quick rundown

[@mattpalmer8918]

@@githubballa3428 legend has it, he's still somersaulting to this day

[@bobnwashington5966]

He didn't change his hang point! No one in back seat, running on front wheel. Dropped passenger & forgot to change hang point?

[@mrbmp09]

Everybody knows China is upside down. He fell up....duh.

[@SmittySmithsonite]

That one at 12:25 was NUTS!! Amazing recovery - he was just about right on the water, too!! AMAZING!!

[@H1Hummer]

I think just be able to fly that thing would be showing off enough. It's like what can possibly be cooler than being able to the fly one of those.

[@hateeternalmaver]

wow honestly the lesson about showing off is, if you're not being funny about it afterwards it just instantly makes you the center of the whole entire group! xD

[@hateeternalmaver]

*showing off and failing

[@rule1dontgosplat]

Never understood wingtip drags... "hey lets get as close as possible to the ground and swoop around dragging the end of my $3500 wing on the ground".

[@laurieballard448]

Thank you Tucker for sharing my video to hopefully help people not make the same mistake. Also thank you for sharing your experience as well.

[@Pete-eb4ec]

Like you said and like in some two seaters, you have to sit in the back to get the c.g. right. Thanks for nr. 10 I binged them all 😃

[@danhaywood5696]

Can't stop laughing about that tandem going end over end. Sure wish there was more. Well hopefully it wasn't too hard a landing on him.

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Dang, 5th clip was unreal. He recovered from the unrecoverable.

[@ZYGTropicals]

Love the channel! Cracks me up how Tucker wears his hat like an 8 year old! lol! Times have definitely changed!

[@IanRyanKirk]

Laurie is a ninja!!

[@laurieballard448]

Thanks Ian! Appreciate the comment. Made me smile!

[@evertkleynhans2617]

I think it was Bruce Lee who said: "Showing off is a fool's idea of glory!"

[@ZYGTropicals]

And look what happened to Bruce lee! lol! Not a good example!

[@kevinobrien7258]

You all are Rock Stars !

[@Zadesniper]

Wing tip drag guy definitely just played it off after. "Yeah I just needed to land real quick, thought I heard something"

[@kenny4813]

Tucker I love your videos brother you have got me very interested in paramotors even though I'm deathly terrified of heights LOL but I have a new merch idea for you! Because of the stupid pandemic make your t-shirts with built-in face masks and I guarantee you they will sell like candy

[@nhojcam]

face plant dude was my favorite! glad he was ok.

[@benjammin3060]

Thanks! I'm fine. Big bruises on my hip and thigh, scrapes on right arm and shoulder, one very tender rib.

[@benjammin3060]

The original vid. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ2reKSmecysoLs

[@RD-tu1td]

Tucker: “Not a paramotor that’s a powered parachute” Everyone else: “yeah I can see the difference? 👌🏽”

[@georgesandifer2034]

I am from western Ky. Just meet a friend of yours. He just took off at the airport where I live. Now I am hooked and want to do this so bad.

[@leeroyholloway4277]

Crowds, Cameras, Confidence... The aviators trifecta of doom.

[@paulb9769]

3:45 Kyle that sucks dude lol I know the feeling. Lol @9:10 in his best Sunday attire.

[@markjennings2315]

"What you get for showing off" so true, so many aviators fall on their own sword for narcissism

[@brandonsteinwald6778]

I love this guy.

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

Tucker, I appreciate the time it takes to put these videos together. Thanks for the content.

[@EmoPeterParker398]

Nice video Tucker Gott keep up the great work man

[@dakotabowers5414]

best way to start a saturday, Tucker Gott videos!

[@TheAncientOneYT]

2 is the Nose-tip drag, common in a lot of sports - not just Paragliding.

[@erniehawkins3921]

Great info Tucker....you're an inspiration !

[@verticallines212]

love the early morning vids, thanks -T

[@SkypowerwithKarl]

The second to the last clip. Pilot to observers : “I meant to do that”. Pilot is thinking : “I need to keep standing down wind till I change my shorts”.

[@douglasr.c.5622]

It wasn´t a front flip, it was an advanced , intentional maneuver called a head drag !

[@MercuryOneOne]

A bunch of great ideas to build cool points this Labor day weekend... I, myself am a little low so thanks for sharing!

[@avutex8547]

Hello from Saigon! For number 4: the speed bar setup is supposed to be used at high speed. In this case, his flying speed is not enough plus he is climbing up, the result is like having a wind blowing down from the top of the wing that makes the wing collapes. The collapse killed the climbing and stablized ifself.

[@AaronMcBarron]

That last one looked like some homemade contraption of a trike. The hang points were set way low so there was zero forgiveness when it came to balance. That wing is old school as well. Early 90s at best

[@MervinBethYoder]

The powered parachute had his hangpoints all the way on the bottom of the trike!!

[@aa240sx]

in that 4th vid, i would say the propeller got behind the wing and that gave him the nanosecond of lift he needed to recover.

[@noahchristian]

Been watching your videos for the past 2 hours and got the notification😄

[@theairaccumulator7144]

Yes, another video of Paracrash Investigations

[@randythompson1957]

The last video looks like someone put a wing on an old amusement park ride. Something like a documentary on how recreational flying began years ago.

[@matithechef8894]

"don't succumb to wanting to show off to others, cause bad things will happen." I know exactly what you mean because, about 2 months ago I was on a one wheel and saw some people walking their dog, I thought to myself, "I wanna show them something." and sped up to do a trick where you scrape the front of the one wheel against the ground. I did it correctly but continued to go forward. I rolled on my wrist and broke it. So yeah, don't show off to others.

[@oceanbytez847]

Oof. I wish you a swift recovery.

[@fiveoneecho]

Touch and goes take way more finesse than people realize. I’m talking in a fixed wing aircraft as well. If you can’t hold center line while cleaning up your aircraft, don’t do a touch and go.

[@just1ofgod]

True that brother 172 driver here can confirm.

[@benjaminjohnson6476]

On that powered parashoot if you wath close the shoot is attached at the bottom of the trike. Thus the trikes cg was above and probably wanted to flip and hang below the attachment point.

[@MrCPPG]

This is a brilliant category for videos as the supply of content is always increasing.

[@I___]

Hi! At 12:00, the same event occurred as occurs when the flutter starts at the hard wing!))) ... normally, the stream flowing around the top of the wing has a high speed, which means lower pressure, and this creates a lift upward. But at a certain flow rate, the upper layer does not have time to laminarly flow around and a pressure cushion builds up on top of the leading edge of the wing, which grows like a snowball!))) And the pilot does not have time to do anything when the wing abruptly loses lift. At the hard wing, when falling down, the pillow blows off))) and the wing returns the lift even in excess!, and everything repeats again! ...but the soft parachute just stops and deflates by pressure from above, and inflates flap-pops up again) ... I think it's not as dangerous as on the plane))) Good luck! ... my apologies for google translation)))

[@FarmerFpv]

You would think flying in itself is already cool enough, lol.

[@transsib]

In the last clip it appears as whether the hang points were below the center of gravity as well as the center of thrust. I bet this was a first 'flight'.

[@sudhanwankumar2269]

nice videos man keep it up

[@mustang2005]

Starting my morning with cawffee and tucker gott 👍

[@gavinkidd7477]

🤣🤣 Belly laughing over here 🤣🤣

[@Frankthe74Tank]

Hi Tucker I love your videos. I was wondering if the PPG Bible 6 is in a online format. I am disabled and it is way easier to read on my laptop instead of a actual book. Again love your videos and keep up the good work!

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

After watching these accident videos, I call them ‘Scaramotors’ ☠️

[@fallesswolf9249]

aayyyyy you made me like paramotors i didn't know what they was i discovered your channel threw looking somone flying with balloons

[@sheshankutty8552]

NO, the pilot is NOT supposed to sit in the back seat in a PPC (powered parachute). The backseat always is in the middle of the craft, so the craft is always balanced whether you have a weight or not. And also you need an FAA license to operate one of these things. Mostly likely the cause of this China flip is that the main cord might have been rolled under the tires as opposed to go on top. There is a small wing-let where the tires are placed. I don't know the rational behind that wing-let for these crafts which can top around 35 mph. But well... it was in China... so... What do i know, i am just a rocket engineer. ;-) Your videos are great by the way.

[@mavejak5021]

I found this channel about a year ago still love it

[@auzziecrunt8538]

The strings that are attached to the thing above, are they a pain to set back up to take off again? They look like they get tangled easily

[@adamr9215]

Stupid amounts of power helped a lot with that big save. He had so much power that he was able to power out completely vertical after the wing re-inflated. The power held it while the wing recovered. Power and skills were what saved him.

What is obviously wrong with the powered parachute is that his balance point is below the center of mass. I could see that the parachute is attached to those wing things at the bottom.

[@ScottVanArtsdalen]

Tandem PPC's are supposed to be flown from the front. CG is set up so that the PAX weight doesn't affect CG. Looks like this guy had it WAY off.

[@jethrobell1364]

I blew up my first prop and cage by mounting a go-pro to the ring. The lines snagged the camera on launch and bent the frame into the prop and everything came apart. Lesson learned for sure.

[@cybun1162]

well sadly there is one but its not that recent. youtuber grant Thompson died in a paragliding accident at 38 years old. rest in peice grant Thompson(the king of random).

[@oceanbytez847]

Yup. Grant was my original inspiration into metalworking and general crafting. My work with hobbies will never be the same without his creative touch.

[@Vanpotheosis]

12:30 looks like the front of the wing collapsed from a change in angle of attack and high wind / relative wind speed. ... Maybe

[@clubsnapperuk]

13.58 , the bonus clip, have you seen his clip-in points, They seem underneath the whole rig

[@majortom8014]

Again very instructiv, thanks a lot!

[@Wizzard033]

And I'm rockin' my fresh Risky Biscuits shirt!

[@markwright196]

maybe the prop turbulence off water recovered the wing ... he was leaning back over 45 degrees in the collapsed state? wild guess

[@sandrainthesky1011]

It's sooooo hard not to show off though. That should be part of the course because it'll get ya. Got me, twice!

[@Efntodd]

I love this series

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

RIP Grant Thompson :( - Stay safe Tucker. Just came across your videos

[@qaannat]

like a David Blaine magic trick... that dude was either good or lucky or both. Maybe angels picked his wing back up. Good save!

[@calipete]

Hey Tucker, like you, I was really intrigued by Nico Aubert's incident. I watched it frame by frame, and also watched the original on his page. While I have zero flight experience in paramotoring, I am an engineer, and looked at the incident from that perspective. I have a theory, and would love your opinion on it. To arrive at this opinion, I had to make a number of educated guesses. You said that the guys that do this usually run 250cc, 2-stroke motors. I'm guessing that probably means about 30-35 hp, and probably 80-85 kg thrust at full throttle. I don't know how tall he is, but Nico looks like a pretty athletic, lean guy. I'm guessing he comes in at around 70-75 kg. At the moment in the video when the wing collapses, it goes behind him. (I think you called it a tail drag.) At the same time, his feet and legs whip out in front of him, putting him on his back, but also kind-of swinging him upward like on a swing. It looks like he was able to use his forward/upward momentum, combined with the significant output of his motor, to momentarily become a helicopter. The tail drag of his wing appears to have acted like a tail rotor, providing enough rotational impedance in the moment to let him full-throttle rotor lift his full weight just long enough for the wing to recover, without having his body start spinning against the torque of the prop. What do you think? Am I talking out of my rear, or could this be a reasonable explanation? Either way, it was some killer flying on his part! Cheers!

[@jeanvanrooyen6004]

Hey Tucker, this comment deserves a follow-up ;)

[@thomashughes_teh]

last one: Prop wash + pendulant momentum + wing shape corrections with maybe a tad bit of lucky gust? I'm not a pilot but I threw the toy parachutes hundreds of times until there weren't enough strings still attached for function.

[@justbrentbenson5419]

The PPG Bible 6 is so much more complete than version 5 that it is a mandatory buy. I was mildly blown away by how much better it is.

[@MrHanowski]

The PPC crash at the end was caused by attachments being too low (below the CG).

[@Hissingexcellence]

Niko’s looked to be a high speed stall to me. Too high of an angle of attack for the wing. No experience with this equipment, but I am an experienced high performance canopy pilot in skydiving. I have stalled my Valkyrie on a swoop with rear risers. Luckily I had already touched down and was turf surfing when the wing collapsed.

[@infinitegames100]

12:43 It was ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure Fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name

[@BazilRat]

I'd have to agree with that. You need the luck to be in exactly the right position to recover, the skill to pull it off and the willpower to commit to the recovery. The pain comes during the process, when your harness tries to pull itself out the top of your head through your groin, and if it goes wrong. The pleasure comes from actually pulling it off. And we all know the name Nico Aubert because of it.

[@sheiladawg1664]

12:18 funny wind patterns in the water possibly?

[@shinyprisma6085]

I can feel embarrassment radiating for the crash videos