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> BMW says the electric wingsuit enabled Salzmann to accelerate faster than his mates at a peak speed of 186 mph. (Normal wingsuit operators typically reach hor

• MiguelHudnandez 6y ago
  15kW should be enough to easily lift an adult human, but the stability implications are a good reason this is an assisted wingsuit and not a jetpack. Another thing to consider is that saying it has 15kW motors and 5 minutes of thrust does not necessarily mean 5 minutes at 15Kw. That would work out to 1.2kWH weighing what I guess to be about 40 pounds in batteries alone. I'm really impressed by wingsuits, and strapping a motor onto one just makes it that much cooler.
  • hwillis 6y ago
    > That would work out to 1.2kWH weighing what I guess to be about 40 pounds in batteries alone. Absolutely not. Sony VTC4s are early 2010s cells that do 30 amps continuous with 2000 mAh capacity[1]. 172 cells weigh in at 17 lbs, 1.2 kWh, and a whopping 16.5 kW continuous rated output. For lower power applications, higher-capacity cells like the NCR18650G[2] weigh below 10 lbs per kWh. [1]: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0674/3651/files/Sony_VTC4.pdf?838 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0674/3651/files/Sony_VTC4.... [2]: https://www.imrbatteries.com/content/panasonic_ncr18650g.pdf https://www.imrbatteries.com/content/panasonic_ncr18650g.pdf
• shi 6y ago
  > Normal wingsuit operators typically reach horizontal speeds around 62 mph. Normal wingsuits can easily reach ground speeds up to 250kmh/155mph. Source: https://ppc.paralog.net/listtracks.php?sort=Speed&record=C https://ppc.paralog.net/listtracks.php?sort=Speed&record=C