Today is the last day of the giveaway! Until midnight est on May 4th, every $5 spent on the webstore gets you an entry to win this SP140 electric paramotor! I will be doing the drawing and announcing the winner within the next week. Best of luck to everyone! - tuckergott.com/collections/new-arrivals
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!! 🙌
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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
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!
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 💪
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.
If you have a Batt. with 3. 3kW and run the motor with average 10kW, the max runtime is 0,33 h or 20 min or 1200 sec. If you can gain a average climb rate of 1 m/s, your Max Altitude is 1m/s x 1200 s= 1200m = 36 000 ft. If your climb rate is1, 2 m/s@10 kW you will reach 36 000x1,2 = 43 000 ft (roughly). I recommend to test the climb rate for ex. at 1000 mNN for 2 or 3 Powersettings. Make a table with calculation and develop a feeling, gives you more safety for planning a flight. One thing about flight time is, that it should be possible to increase the time by thermalling. Easyly double your time. 😊😊
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Gorgeous evening, little bummed you didn't make a mile.. Crazy to think that the same 25-minute climb on your Moster would have gotten you close to that 15,000' mark again.
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. 👍
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.
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!
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?
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?
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
Hey, my dude, I had an idea for a gag to get some views once your done with this electric thing. How about using a balloon (like, a weather balloon) to yoink yourself up to a high altitude? IDK if you ever considered this before, it just seemed like a cool idea to me so I thought I'd mention it.
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. 👍
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!
The local highways/roads and knowing the Superstition Mountains are in view should make finding it on a map easy enough. (Aviation RU-vid is like the easy-mode of Geoguessr, since you're getting the top-down view of landmarks.)
What are the reasons one would feel the need to climb beyond 5000 ft? Crossing mountains? Reach a destination? Aren't mountains dangerous with winds going over them? Is this then actually enough to experience heights like this?
Surpised to not see you mention the new battery is quite a bit bigger at 4.8 kWh. Loved the video though! Edit: Also considering you emptied the battery in 18 minutes in your previous worst-case test you definitely could've pushed the climb rate harder. :P
@@TuckerGott Thing is that is handled by the BMS, it's really no problem to push it harder, it will regulate itself, this is coming from a battery expert.
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.
Usually altitude is your friend as there are more options for landing sites....so I am not sure why one should consider a high altitude flight as dangerous....The risk of collision except near an airport is very small and seeing the traffic often at your paramotor fields does not seem safer than a standard aircraft traffic pattern at an airport.
Are you living in az? Would love to have you come speak at the 13th annual Jackalope Freedom Festival about how your life has become more free since you learned to fly.♥️♥️
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?
Oh, from paragliding perspective, 4400ft does not feel that much, as paraglider pilots typically fly at 4000-8000ft. Also, thermal lifts are 2-4m/s, compared to 1m/s here, so climbing is faster too.
I feel like this would be a situation where a hybrid setup would really shine. The extra weight wouldn't be a big deal if you could cruise for hours at altitude.
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.
At 20 kw, would the electric motor climb fast enough to keep up with a gasoline engine for 1 minute? You know, like a Tesla is faster than a gasoline car for a short sprint? If the video is too short you can compare a variety of gas engines.
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?
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
Hi Tucker. There's a recent video of Anthony Vella crashing his paramotor. His wing suddenly collapsed. Can you tell us why it may have happened by watching the video footage? Thanks.
Nice performance test. Unfortunately the flight is over before the altitude can make much of a difference. I flew RC-models before paragliding thus I can appreciate low maintenance and high performance of electric motors. But I am still scared of batteries.
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.
I don't get why the climb rate is so low? With a 140cm prop on an 80cc engine I can get 2m/s. Meaning it would only take 10-15 mins to get to 4400 ft. Even accounting for oxygen starvation and air density, you can be at 10000ft in a 30 min flight.
