BMW의 세계 최초 윙수트 전기 주행 시스템 VIDEO: Flying high! Professional skydiver takes maiden flight of the first electric wingsuit designed

Flying high! Professional skydiver takes maiden flight of the first electric wingsuit designed with BMW that hits speeds of 186 miles per hour while soaring 10,000 feet in the air

Skydiver Peter Salzmann teamed up with BMW to design an electric wingsuit

The system is comprised of a chest mount that holds two propellers

The propellers  deliver a power of 7.5 kW and a speed of around 25,000 rpm

There is a thruster on the left sleeve of the suit that provides a boost of power 

When pushed, the wingsuit hits speeds of 186 miles per hour for five minutes 

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 23:03 GMT, 6 November 2020 | UPDATED: 23:56 GMT, 6 November 2020

BMW의 세계 최초 윙수트 전기 주행 시스템     BMW는세계 최초의 윙수트 전기 주행 시스템으로 승객들을 새로운 높이로 끌어올리고 있다. 이 디자인은 전문적 스카이다이버 피터 살츠만의 아이디어로, 그는 독일 자동차 회사와 함께 그림에서 첫 번째 비행 시험까지 비전을 가져오기 위해 일했다. 이 전기 윙수트는 7.5kW의 출력, 약 25,000rpm의 속도, 총 출력 15kW의 2개의 탄소 프로펠러가 탑재된 슈트에 와이어로 묶여 있어 5분 동안 사용할 수 있다. 처녀 비행을 위해, 살즈만은 알프스 산맥 상공으로 1만 피트(3000m) 상공으로 보내졌다. 점프를 마친 뒤, 그 대담무쌍한 모습은 산 쪽을 향해 치솟았고, 슈트 위에서 추진기를 치고 가파른 비행을 하면서 봉우리를 가로질러 갔다. 전기 윙수트 아이디어는 2017년 오스트리아 출신의 살츠만이 처음으로 고안했는데, 디지털 모델로 변신한 후 첫 프로토타입으로 변신하는 초안으로 시작됐다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 Ki Chul Hwang Conpaper editor curator

via youtube

edited by kcontents

BMW is taking passengers to new heights with the first electric driving system for a wingsuit that hits speeds of 186 miles per - traditional suits only reach 62 miles per hour.

The design is the brain child of professional skydiver Peter Salzmann, who worked with the German carmaker to bring the vision from a drawing to the first flight test.

A chest mount is strapped to the suit that houses two carbon propellers that deliver a power of 7.5 kW, a speed of around 25,000 rpm and a total output of 15 kW, which is available for five minutes.

For the maiden flight, Salzmann was brought 10,000 feet into the air over the Alps mountain range.

After the jump, the daredevil soared towards the direction of the mountain, hit a thruster on the suit and zoomed across the peak in steep flight.

Scroll down for video 

BMW is taking passengers to new heights with the first electric driving system for a wingsuit that hits speeds of 186 miles per - traditional suits only reach 62 miles per hour

The idea of an electric wingsuit came to Salzmann, who is from Austria, in 2017, which began as sketches that turned into digital models and then the first prototype.

'The very first one was made of cardboard – and I built it so that I could get a feel for the size of the fly unit, i.e. the impeller unit including the batteries and everything that goes with it,' explains Salzmann.

'Initially we were going to put the propulsion unit on the back. But after the initial drawings and discussions with aerodynamics experts, we decided to move the fly unit to the front.' 

He then teamed up with BMW, which provided the necessary tools to create the suit and driving system.

The first series of test flights were conducted in BMW's horizontal wind tunnel, AEROLAB, to validate the design before taking it to the sky

For the maiden flight, Salzmann was brought 10,000 feet into the air over the Alps mountain range.

The group worked on a smaller system, about 40 inches wide, equipped with two five inch propellers – together it looked like 'a futuristic mini-submarine,' according to Slazmann.

The chest mount is powered by a 50 volt lithium battery that weighs around 26 pound and also equipped with an energy storage unit.

And the secret sauce of the design is the throttle attached to the left sleeve that provides a boost of power to hit speeds of 186 miles per hour.

The jump took place near the Drei Brüder peaks in the Hohe Tauern mountain range in the Alps, which included Salzmann and two other wingsuit daredevils

After the jump from an altitude of 10,000 feet, all three flew in formation in the direction of a mountain massif.

With the aid of the electric drive, Salzmann accelerated faster than the other two and was able to fly across the peak in steep flight

The first series of test flights were conducted in BMW's horizontal wind tunnel, AEROLAB, to validate the design before taking it to the sky.

View full text

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8922637/Skydiver-takes-maiden-flight-electric-wingsuit-designed-BMW-hits-186-mph.html

Test pilot tries out BMW's incredible new 'Electrified Wingsuit' 

 kcontents