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Setting the First World Altitude Record in an Electric Paramotor.

Sir Drifto
2024 ж. 27 Қаң.
10 014 Рет қаралды
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First of all I just want to thank everyone that helped make this possible. For if it wasnt for all the amazing help and people taking the time to make this happen, this would of never been a reality. So thank you.
#paramotor #worldrecord #aviation
If you want to learn to fly a paramotor, check out Daniel West great flying program.
copoweredparagliding.com/

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  • Nice work! Props to the OpenPPG bros and team for developing the SP140!

    @WinstonFord@WinstonFord3 ай бұрын

    • We agree!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for making this Nathan. This is great!

    @the13thson35@the13thson353 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful video! Thanks! In the summer of 2022 I made a bunch of flights from the Harriet Alexander Airport in Salida (elev. 7523') at the south end of the valley. The air is so thin in the summer. On one flight the air density was over 11,000'. It took full power in Sport Mode on my SP140 with my single skin 26M Independence Grasshopper to get off of the ground. Oh yes, all of my flights were before 10AM because of the unpredictable wind conditions after 10AM. The Arkansas River Valley is so beautiful, but you have to be very aware of and familiar with your environment in order to safely fly there. My flights were SO worth it!! Bill

    @10661956@106619563 ай бұрын

    • That sounds like a very cool flight!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • That is SO awesome!! Congrats on the amazing achievement!!

    @pablopyro@pablopyro3 ай бұрын

    • thanks buddy!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Great achievement. Brave man 👏👏Thanks for the video. I’m ordering the SP140 for myself. Cheers.

    @grigoriospapaioannou5461@grigoriospapaioannou54613 ай бұрын

    • Good choice!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto2 ай бұрын

  • well done! Congratulations to you and the Team! Dreams comes true!

    @NavidSaleki@NavidSaleki3 ай бұрын

    • Thank you sir

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Awesome video Nate!! Hope to see you at Devils Tower again!!

    @georgehine5126@georgehine51263 ай бұрын

    • For sure!!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Such an exciting video! Thanks for sharing! I've enjoyed it more than watching "Mission Imposible"!

    @ricardo2bo@ricardo2bo3 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 You are an "Astronaut" now🎉🎉🎉🎉

    @SpikeArrowood@SpikeArrowood3 ай бұрын

  • thanks for what you say at the end of the video it realy make me feel like go make my dream come true, I will fly a paramotor soon.

    @candidoalcantara6718@candidoalcantara67183 ай бұрын

    • Absolutely friend 💯

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Good stuff !

    @hippylong@hippylong23 күн бұрын

    • Thanks for the visit

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto23 күн бұрын

  • that is phenomenal... would have said not possible before this

    @michaelollom9964@michaelollom99643 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! Hopefully we can really push the envelope the next try.

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Very nice

    @vliegbrommer@vliegbrommer3 ай бұрын

  • Ah man the turbulence looks rough.. non PPG pilots don't understand how much the Gopros stabilize the footage so if it looks rough in the video then in reality you were bouncing everywhere. We have bought Sabotheat elec gloves for winter flying and if you get a size slightly too large then it adds a bit of dexterity to the finger tips for toggle control. It helps to wear them a lot in normal life to stretch out and add flexibility to the material. Ive also added Hot Hands to the palms of my gloves and arches of my feet if it gets really cold. Anyway great video 👍

    @Para_Ninja@Para_Ninja3 ай бұрын

    • Oh man those gloves sound wonderful! Thanks for the info!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • 5:25 "Climbout was smooth" gets thrashed left and right. 🤣 Nice job on this! Congrats! Let's keep pushing for improved battery density! You definitely are getting thrashed around on your way up. Always nerve-wracking! Battery-powered gloves are totally worth it, even when the air is above freezing!

    @ooglek@ooglek3 ай бұрын

    • I could absolutely use some heated gloves then 😂😂

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto2 ай бұрын

  • Twisted wind woody here lol. No the other woody keeping it real the American way loved it god bless ya yee haaaaa

    @woodystarkey2329@woodystarkey23292 ай бұрын

  • 21:31 good dog.

    @Superkuh2@Superkuh23 ай бұрын

    • He’s a happy pup

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • I climbed several times back in times over 12,000 MSL and once I went up to 14,300 MSL. All done from altitude of 430 ish. My experience is I would never try again without electric heated gloves. You should try them :-) Otherwise congratulations to your achievement.

    @DavincisMind@DavincisMind2 ай бұрын

  • My son and I did a tandem flight with that Daniel guy. I bet it was that trike as this was in June of 23.

    @lobbyrobby@lobbyrobby3 ай бұрын

    • Daniel is a wonderful guy. Great instructor too

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto2 ай бұрын

  • Music drowns out your narrative in portions of video, but congrats on your flight and record.

    @sr71afan@sr71afan3 ай бұрын

    • Music has been removed now. Might be better thanks for watching

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto2 ай бұрын

    • Wow, thanks for that! Didn't mean for you to go to all that trouble! @@SirDrifto

      @sr71afan@sr71afan2 ай бұрын

  • Outstanding!!

    @MrLibertyman777@MrLibertyman7773 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching!

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • Electric gloves?

    @Ivanskrakow@Ivanskrakow3 ай бұрын

    • I did have a pair, but they were very bulky and im not used to them, so i used my thinner gloves.

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • hold on... you climbed 15k feet? 😮 or the altitude there is already high and then you flew up to 15k over sea level?

    @cloudpandarism2627@cloudpandarism26273 ай бұрын

    • Leadville is at 10k ? i think

      @Ivanskrakow@Ivanskrakow3 ай бұрын

    • @@Ivanskrakow so he climbed 1400ish meters. ok that makes more sense now. thanks alot mate

      @cloudpandarism2627@cloudpandarism26273 ай бұрын

  • Should of got Chucky to pilot it in shorts

    @chrisultrabeatuk@chrisultrabeatuk3 ай бұрын

    • What a sight 😂😂

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto2 ай бұрын

  • Not trying to be a downer, but they launched from an asl altitude of 10,000 feet so not that impressive, if you did it from sea level id be impressed. Hopefully someday they will come that far. Still really cool tho, keep up the innovation

    @AirChairAviation@AirChairAviation3 ай бұрын

    • Yes, however absolute altitude was our objective. I live at 7000ft msl, our objective was to simply see how it would perform in harsh temps and at high altitude. The X15 theoretically could of been designed to take off from the ground, but instead they dropped it from a wing of a B52 at 40k feet. Similar mentality with this attempt, we knew the battery duration would be very short, so starting at sea level, would of never got any real altitude results. I wanted to see if any power loss through prop efficiency was lost at 15k or greater. With a bigger wing, we are estimating 21K + in the right conditions. Which then, would be an impressive altitude gap. Once again this was just a test.

      @SirDrifto@SirDrifto3 ай бұрын

  • I own a Tesla and fly rc planes, but what happens if you do in the worst case, have a fire that high up? You WILL perish in the worst possible way…. Either you burn before you fall to death or you burn then fall. Or you wing burns and you drop to deaths.

    @adamfacey5555@adamfacey55552 ай бұрын

    • I was concerned about this too! But… a full spiral should keep the flames behind you in theory ( in my head )

      @TheChrisBreyShow@TheChrisBreyShow2 ай бұрын

    • What if your gasoline paramotor catches fire?🤷‍♂️

      @mountainadventures7346@mountainadventures7346Ай бұрын

    • Same if you had a gas engine light up.

      @nicholasthon973@nicholasthon97328 күн бұрын

    • That's more likely to happen in a gasoline paramotor though.

      @swecreations@swecreations5 күн бұрын

  • don't need the music.

    @tommajor6239@tommajor62393 ай бұрын

  • batteries paramotor like cars waste of money ! Nice job!!👋👋👍

    @terryroberts4321@terryroberts43212 ай бұрын
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