this is gonna save my life that's actually probably gonna come in handy today cool didn't take long to read 60 beats per minute and 95% oxygen I think 95 to 100 is normal this thing came with a lanyard and a little pouch obviously meant for paramotoring can't wait to try now hey guys I'm about to climb as high as I can today it's gonna be fun I haven't done this and since one of my very early flights on YouTube where I did it with the Black Hawk 125 and the velocity 24 meter edge wing today I'm gonna be doing it on the ozone buzz z5 which is my paraglider I've really only used for paragliding but it's bigger it's 26 meter so it'll allow me to climb a lot faster than my 19 meter Sirocco and I'm doing this with the Nitro 200 just to see what it's capable of because soon I'm gonna be doing the Rio Grande trip which is 1,400 miles and there's gonna be instances where we climb to 13,500 feet and you know I want to make sure the engines capable of that before I just assume it is and go up travel all the way out to Colorado and find out I can't even do the trip because I can't climb that high so we're gonna do that today you can see that thingy what is it called I don't know wind milling in the background it's like 5:30 so it's still really hot and potentially thermally so should be an easy takeoff with the wind but maybe a little bumpy up to altitude windy is saying winds aloft all the way up to like 14,000 feet are 20 miles 22 miles an hour at max so I'll be parked but at least I'm not gonna go anywhere crazy temperatures up at 14,000 or like 35 so I'm gonna put on tons of clothes if I even make it that high you know that that's 14 is really all I need to go to if I can get there safely I will I bought an oximeter I think that's how you say it - look at my oxygen levels you're really only supposed to be above 10,000 feet without oxygen for max of an hour above 12,000 for max of 30 minutes and then above 14,000 feet for a max of nothing unless you have supplemental oxygen so if I get about 14,000 you know I'm gonna want to be monitoring that I'm gonna want to be monitoring it from 10 to 14 even because I don't spend much time at that altitude I mean I'm generally at 200 feet so I bought the little meter Brenna see how well it works I got gloves and stuff but I'll take it off every once in a while to check it out I'm gonna get set up and then put it on all my warm gear because it is 87 degrees and I don't want to be standing around with that stuff on sorry for the long intro but hopefully that gives you enough information know what's gonna be going on today so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now that I'm extremely sweaty let's do this can you see my face sparkling from sweat because it is gotta get this bad boy started so I'm pretty positive I did not get my take off I looked up at my camera and it was paused at 14 it's actually not too bad of unfortunately I had to take my GoPro get it back in and screw this guy back in tonight here goes site GoPros working we're going to do our first co2 sensor test we're at about 4,500 feet just to make sure everything's working okay 98% oxygen all right we'll see you in a bit let's keep that in mind because our backs above 10,000 30 minutes at max Club 12 dozen yeah we're going to 9 miles an hour it looks like backwards landing Aryan site we have a lot of food fuel so we're doing good there right now what I'm doing I got my gloves tied off to my chest straps so they won't go anywhere but I'm leave it over my lap and I'm putting my hands inside my jacket and letting my abdomen warm things up because I kind of need my hands right now so I'm gonna turn off my camera so I can conserve that battery and I'm gonna keep warming up my hands it's starting to get chilly I don't know what the temperature is here I think it's 40s around 10,000 I know at 14,000 that's 35 so that's when it's going to get cold so I want to keep these hands warm for as long as possible here goes I got another big moment coming up about to climb through 12,000 said 19 12,000 - we did we climbed about 2,000 feet in nine minutes there's Elena Scipio heart I guess I still got service up here all right so we're at 93 percent oxygen a hundred and four beats per minute so 93 it says I think it was like eighty five to ninety four is hypoxic below eighty five is where things get dangerous so I really want this is at a point where I really want to start monitoring things because I'm below the normal range which is ninety five per buck and the only thing I can do at this altitude to correct that is to descend we're still climbing positive climb rate still 13,500 feet that's a record for me RPMs are at 6600 which has come down approximately she 1000 rpm since starting this climb I had a little engine hesitation knots up went through I lost that pass than I did but I think my pocket right now 1994 2002 let's screenshot that bad boy all right I'll leave this right here my left about to climb through 15,000 15,000 - whoo that's crazy screenshot for sure and let's do another oxygen check this is not just an altitude feed for me if you stop and think about it for me it's the highest altitude I've been and then press your eyes like cabin or something like that which I'm at 89% oxygen really careful at this point about 43 beats per to be really careful that's actually got my attention crazy I'm fine with love that pays there development crazy how things just cook together when you get we are at regional really the Cape Fear River big moment I might not catch it 16,000 yes that's crazy man still positive fun right 16,000 my gosh whoa wasn't expecting this another oxygen test letters 79% do one with the middle finger where you confirm 75 do one more 86% oxygen that's weird I feel like if Phil is that 70% I would not be feeling this good let's do two more while continuing climb 87% take my finger out it's cold but I've been a colder our pants are seventy-eight percent eighty three percent over climbing through seventeen thousand seventeen thousand thirteen oh my gosh that's high [Applause] screenshot do a couple more finger checks I really shouldn't eat up here too much longer probably 82% so we're at 17,000 64 we're gonna call this quits crew safety one more eating off of the barometric altimeter got here this app see what it says 17200 on this one this app here app says 20100 gonna kill the butter that's that caribou near this guy I am descending into more oxygen-rich altitudes but still poses a threat because I'll be at these altitudes for a while it takes a long time to descend with this good glide ratio man I can't believe I just climb to 17,000 feet that is insane yes I wasn't really expecting to do that well me now for the Rio Grande trip I'll be good on out - dude since 13:5 brothers eyes I need to climb roof hands are cold seventy-seven percent on the oxygen let's do the pointer finger 80% on the oxygen finger let's go a ring finger hurts 16,500 feet 79 percent seventy-six percent seventy nine percent I'm consistently below 80 Oh buzzy five sure knows how to climb I'll tell you what hey GoPro six I have no reason to climb to 18,000 either because that's class a airspace and I really don't need to be spending too much time about 14,000 feet with no oxygen Chilly Willy so it's taking forever to descend on about 2,000 feet my engine is still off my LC is you see all those cars and stuff over there oh my LC is around the curve in that first building and I'm about two miles out from it 2,000 feet I think I'm gonna make it gliding it's got my fault for not doing turns and stuffing getting too far away but I guess I'm gonna try to restart the engine it's been off for a while and it was being funny it out dude so let's see what happens oh I wanted to turn over there but I'm gonna give it a second to start and then wait 10 seconds and then try again no start I do have a priming system pressing a few tubs oh yeah dude this thing glides like a balloon I turned the engine on just for a little bit like I was telling you guys and then I turned it right back off I didn't even need it I don't think I'm lined up pretty darn good for landing I don't know how long I descended for from 17,000 feet with the engine off but that was the most peaceful thing ever it's like the winds have changed just a little bit coming from the building Thank You windmilling thingy judging or how this lands is gonna be different than usual this'll do all right g-man I was an awesome flight oh my gosh and that's all the fuel I used to climb to 17,000 feet from 200 feet MSL that's it and it was filled to the top that's pretty cool yeah everything was kids mission accomplished climb to 13,500 plus I can't believe I climb to 17,000 I think it was like 17 one app set like 17200 another 17100 that's crazy I mean the Nitro 200 in the ozone buzz z5 paraglider could take me that high and even higher I just decided it was time to stop after checking oxygen levels and stuff I mean there's no reason to risk it you know it's good to know that my that wing and motor are capable of that for when we would do the Rio Grande trip 1,400 miles coming up here in a few weeks so I'll be confident about my equipment before going rather than finding out on the trip so that's cool if you guys enjoy this stuff keep on watching hopefully I can keep doing some cool stuff thanks for watching [Music]
He came real close to those power lines at landing, didn't he?
does he not have to worry about other planes and stuff?
He was showing definite signs of hypoxia when he got up to altitude. Dumb plan.
This guy has some balls
And I get scared on a 10 foot ladder....
Man when he first started to come back down and was all giggly was scary. He was in the early stages of hypoxia. If he would have stayed up any longer he would have gone full on hypoxic and probably would have died.
Listing of paramotor deaths: http://www.footflyer.com/Safety/paramotor_fatalities.htm
"80 percent index on the oxygen finger"
...bro u okay?
This gave me unprecedented amounts of anxiety.