Wingsuit foil warrior Peter Salzmann is pushing the limits of human flight

[@mtc918]

Just like in the beginning of watersport foiling, it was a little clumsy, but proved the possibilities. Look at the supper high aspect front wings they’re riding on now, so much glide on a small wing. Just think of the possibilities of flying those types of wings in the air! So Psyched, keep pushing!!!

[@cedrichenryho168]

Why are people hating? This is just like snowboarding skateboarding surfing but for the air its cool af

[@binomesprite7829]

Because people who do this sport have very short lives.

[@DrKnowNothing1]

Hating because these guys claimed to beat all the wingsuit records, but did it by strapping a mini hang glider to his chest.

[@Plarofly]

@@binomesprite7829 and why should someone care who doesn't even know these guys personally? People really forgot how to mind their own business

[@ValerieBoyco]

​@@DrKnowNothing1which is perfectly acceptable

[@toktik--j.p.q.2471]

Really cool

[@kjbaran]

“Airfoiling is rad, bro.” - Orville Wright

[@greggreg2263]

Pretty awesome. I wonder if we can make a windsuit that is able to be controlled by remote control for anybody can do this?

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

This was freaking awesome! 👏👏👏 Heck Ya!!

[@trombonista92]

Now add a ducted fan in the middle of the foil!

[@jimg.4913]

Super cool. Keep this up and they'll eventually invent the hang glider😁

[@andrewyeo5288]

That's exactly what I thought 😊

[@truey90s]

Will be called a lay on glider or sit on glider

[@DiogeneDeSin0pe]

Ride glider, because you ride on top of it.

[@andrewyeo5288]

@DiogeneDeSin0pe yeah but as it evolves, they will realise that performance is so much better if you lower the centre of gravity and hang below the wing

[@martingraser6938]

Lange hab ich auf die Umsetzung einer solch tollen Idee gewartet. Freut mich. Die Gleitzahl ist etwa 3,7, also um 40% besser? Habt Ihr ein Hochauftriebsprofil verwendet? Ist die Reynoldszahl angepasst, gab es Flow-Simulation? Das wäre schon top interessant. Tolle Idee, toller Einsatz, mach weiter, habe fun😊

[@undiaencasa]

Efectivamente el LD relativo es 3,67

[@russellmann6253]

Im having thought's of crafting something like that for a base tube of my hang glider! I wonder how much lift it would produce at 40 to 50 mph?

[@TheChupacabra]

12.5 km horizontal on a 3.4 km drop. That an amazing ratio of travel. I see this without knowing paragliding or lw glider for reference

[@scottcates]

4:1 is fairly consistent for wingsuits already

[@knowledgebyte]

It’s an impressive achievement. Once you develop this further, you should be able to achieve much longer flights and maybe try ridge soaring. The acid test will be if you can manage a circuit or turn in lift. Keep up the work. Well done.

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

This is called a hangglider.

[@raypippin4061]

​@@RowOfMushyTiT Nope, it's not.

[@jasoncornish2904]

Super cool but at what point does this become hang gliding?

[@raypippin4061]

When he takes off the foil, and the wingsuit, and goes hang gliding. With a hang glider.

[@scottcates]

when he lands it

[@alistairclark6814]

Amazing how stable it is! Very cool! I wonder if he could fly a foil without the wingsuit?

[@roberthill9011]

Looks amazing well done have fun 🐿️

[@steffanjansenvanvuuren3257]

Very cool, congratulations.

[@Wilem35]

He's just a hang glider now.

[@ValerieBoyco]

WRONG

[@Wilem35]

@@ValerieBoyco Well thought out and articulated rebuttal

[@pallascat]

Hang glider big, he small!

[@bosvarkutube]

Not seen this before , crazy cool invention

[@thatonebeone]

i need to see someone with buzz light year wing suit

[@sasportspress2332]

Me Too, that would be so cool

[@thatonebeone]

@sasportspress2332 but I bet Disney will sue 🤣 or you'll need to give them most all thr money you'll get from views because I'm sure it will be a hit 🤣

[@scottcates]

Yves Rossi

[@gallodeplata]

This isnt flying, this is falling with style"

[@dado304]

Wow, what a great idea. We have wings here for a century. ;)) What is the angle with and without wing?

[@TannerSimpson-pp7lg]

Can not get much closer to flying then this, without some sort of propulsion device.

[@outdoormaniac8760]

Wow thats amazing! Does the foil have an emergency cut away?

[@scottwalmer9248]

OO7 meets The Navy Seals, meets a case of REDBULL😂 ROCKY, THE FLYING SQUIRREL IS ORDERING ONE😅

[@mgalyean]

What is the glide slope of this rig?

[@flightlessboid]

3.7:1

[@willikunzel3873]

Looks like wingsuit flying and hanggliding are getting close...

[@MISTERLeSkid]

What they're going for is glide ratio so I don't see why they didn't use a MUCH higher aspect wing than that. That's how you fly further over a longer time using the same initial / potential energy..... IE a higher glide ratio.

[@TheCraigy83]

sweet spot of not much surface area, he has to over power the wing to steer , too big a wing (that added wing not his silly batman cape ) he'll end up a passenger /need a rudder system .

[@scottcates]

What's stopping you?

[@GuyRips-k4j]

Good job,buddy,,im tired was classic thing to say,,,yes

[@DiogeneDeSin0pe]

Soaring like the eagle.

[@ctown6971]

Was he generating lift?

[@flightlessboid]

Yes. Both the suit and the attached foil.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

This dude is doing something interesting by combining wing suits and hang gliders. I hope he figures it out and can do it safely enough to stay alive.

[@GonzoDonzo]

Now he just needs to complete a water landing with it

[@tommacpherson9456]

There's clearly the parachute to think of and maybe some good lift gains having them strapped to the front to be in the clean air but, this is tantalisingly close to buzz lightyear wings.

[@MelindaGreen]

Given the separation from the pilot, I'm pretty sure it is in clean air either way. Yes, the parachute placement is important, but the height of the CG makes a huge difference. The wing above the pilot would act like a lot of dihedral (more stable), and below the pilot is like anhedral (more sensitive). I wonder why not both, and ditch the wingsuit altogether?

[@JetBirdZ]

Great idea ! 😎

[@scottcates]

Embrace Human Flight

[@USELESSINFO-y3p]

@ 0;39 GIGANTIC WALL

[@dwaynesykes694]

It's not really a wingsuit, is it? It looks like a man in a squirrel suit riding on a pole-glider, the inverted cousin of the hang-glider.

[@theavalanchman]

BaseWe are getting closer to base take off and landing.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

This is like hang gliding with a fat bloke for a pilot…. I should know, 30 years ago my landing speed was faster than I could run…. Coughs and says “high wing loading” as the eternal excuse for lack of skill and bottle…..

[@ssupersloth6679]

Nice!

[@scottbadger4107]

A glide ratio of 3:1 isn't any better than non-foil wingsuits......

[@scottcates]

It looks like it calculatdes out to about 3.7:1 but yeah, not much of a difference. But it's a good proof of concept, I suppose.

[@macscott5290]

Is it just me or did RB just start getting phone calls from special forces around the globe….. 😁

[@fo76]

in the end they will finally invent the sailplane...

[@USELESSINFO-y3p]

MILLATRY BE KNOCKING HAY LETS DO COMMERS..

[@TheBenNZ]

Um. So that’s cool! 😲😎👌

[@radleysmith7528]

Red Bull gives you soapbox wings

[@Lazarus-aap]

Red bulls' wingman

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Actually a pretty poor glide slope.

[@carloalcantara2571]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@slugnaholowaa7406]

Hang gliding? Just get a bigger wing.

[@keesvandenbroek331]

Beautiful flight. But, I must admit, a tiny bit of cheating. However, a great archievement. Maybe some technical details? What about glideratio? Speed? Sinkrate? I'm an old pilot. Not bold anymore. So definitely not on my to do list anymore. Bummer.

[@sjsomething4936]

Agreed, I’m very curious to know what distance was travelled as well as the overall time in the air.

[@Centralnomansland0]

If it labeled with Red Bull, inside it’s shit.

[@Groegselmaschupp]

Just wait for Darwin to kick in……

[@High-Tech-Geek]

Helicopters? Lol. Follow him with drones. Drone pilots could stay with him. Also, give him a smoke trail so viewers can more easily follow his trail, ups, downs, stalls, etc.

[@mtumix]

Absoluter Unsinn. Womit wollen wir uns für Werbung noch beschäftigen?

[@briseboy]

Flight tickets are cheaper& more comfortable than attempting to replicate Otto Lilienthal.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

The actual record is that bicycle glider with like a hundred foot wingspan that stays up for hours, not this costume stuff. Paragliders...? Wtf about those?

[@doener-at-home]

ja toll ... datt kann ich auch ;-) mir nen Drachen "umhängen" und dann losfliegen ...

[@44SirLoopalot]

Aha...dann mach's doch und zeig ein vid davon

[@doener-at-home]

@@44SirLoopalot ja klar du Honk !!! zahlste denn auch ?

[@USELESSINFO-y3p]

@ 1;53 pyramid

[@quasimoto4424]

whats the point? Just buy a Deltaglider..

[@2kbk817]

What's the point of your comment? Why don't you do something worth celebrating and have armchair critics try and minimize your achievements...

[@weAreNotAloneHere]

What’s the point just buy a tin of beans

[@2strokeme64]

What's the point, just shit in your hand and clap

[@csmarkham]

The point? Because _you_ are the control surfaces. There’s nothing in-between you and where you want to go.

[@Omsip123]

Either do a true wingsuit flight record, or be honest and just use a glider

[@youdoyouplayer8529]

Looks so unstable and very problematic in an unusual attitude…

[@cravingcaving]

Boring... ZERO tricks with a giant wind foil attached right, so ZERO fun to watch really. Redbull do better!

[@DoSomething-]

It looks stupid

[@chicobicalho5621]

Slightly boring. To say the least.

[@BIBIWCICC]

Pointless gimmicky stunt, not even a sport.

[@shawncarnahan101]

Nothing is a sport until someone thinks up the idea of the activity & perks interest of others. Name an sport & follow its history..Keep creating, innovating!

[@garryiglesias4074]

What's your definition of sport ?