Wingsuit enthusiast Peter Salzmann developed tremendous speed in the air, using developments from BMW and Designworks. From now on, BMW enters the third dimension and becomes a company producing electric motors for flying in the air.
Professional skydiver Peter Salzmann has repeatedly used a conventional wingsuit to glide in the air in a horizontal direction and overcome long distances before opening a standard parachute. The design of the wingsuit involves the use of a special fabric stretched between the body, arms and legs of the skydiver, transforming him into a mono-wing. The right suit allows you to travel long distances.
During normal horizontal gliding with wingsuits, the flight speed does not exceed 100 km/h. However, using a BMWi electric motor attached to his chest, Peter reached the speeds of up to 300 km/h.
The power of the electric motor is 15 kW, the blades of the working propellers rotate at a speed of 25,000 rpm and provide additional thrust for up to five minutes. The test flight was carried out after Salzmann and operators in conventional wingsuits jumped from a helicopter at an altitude of 3000 meters in Austria. Three enthusiasts headed towards one of the mountain peaks. Using the engine, Salzmann got ahead of his comrades and successfully completed the flight by opening the parachute.
