Felix Hüttenbach on YouTube: Skydiving, Flying Lessons and an AfrikaBurn Art Car
Felix Hüttenbach, also written Felix Huettenbach, is a German founder and investor who uses YouTube to document self-imposed challenges, from earning a skydiving license in 10 days to trying to become a pilot in 30. Away from the camera, Hüttenbach is the co-founder and former CEO of Sameday Health, which grew into a nationwide COVID-19 testing chain, and he co-founded the data center developer Terranum; he describes himself as a founder, investor, adventurer and YouTuber based in Dubai.
The video series at a glance
- A skydiving license in 10 days, filmed with Jay Alvarrez
- An attempt to become a pilot in 30 days
- Heli-skiing
- A return to a Kung Fu monastery after 20 years
- Building an art car for AfrikaBurn
- A Cape Town vlog
- 24 hours stranded at sea in Australia
Compressed timelines, from COVID-19 testing to skydiving
Two of the most recognisable projects share a structure: a demanding skill paired with a tight deadline. Gaining a skydiving license usually involves a sequence of supervised jumps and training steps, and learning to fly an aircraft is a longer undertaking still. By putting a number of days in the title, Hüttenbach turns each attempt into a measurable goal that viewers can follow from start to finish. The deadline creates the tension; whether he hits it or not becomes the story.
That framing will look familiar to anyone who has followed his business career. Hüttenbach has described the hiring phase at Sameday Health, the company he co-founded in Los Angeles in September 2020 to offer COVID-19 PCR and rapid tests, as "1,000 employees in 100 days." Ambitious targets set against short timeframes appear to be a habit that runs through his work at Sameday Health and his leisure alike.
New ground at Sameday Health
Under Hüttenbach as CEO, the company itself kept stepping into unfamiliar territory. On 4 March 2021 it launched Sameday Health as its parent brand and began administering COVID-19 vaccines at a drive-through site at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, which the company said had capacity for roughly 1,000 to 2,000 people per day. In November 2021 came House Calls, booked through the company app, which sent a nurse to a home, hotel or office, sometimes within the hour, for testing, IV drip therapy, wellness panels or wellness shots. The stated aim was to make house calls more affordable than the traditional model, which had mainly served wealthy clients, a practical version of what he calls his passion: making healthcare more affordable, transparent and approachable. At that launch Hüttenbach said that "there is a demand for more convenient, personalized care", and, during his time leading Sameday Health, the company reported more than 1.5 million COVID-19 tests performed to that point.
Learning in public
The skydiving series, filmed with Jay Alvarrez, works because the viewer watches a beginner rather than an expert. Hüttenbach says that since childhood he has sought out environments where he was far from the best. A YouTube challenge is almost a formal version of that habit: the premise only works if he starts at the bottom of the learning curve and the audience sees the gaps. The same instinct took an engineer-entrepreneur into healthcare during COVID-19, a field in which he started as a newcomer.
The same applies to the pilot attempt. A 30-day window does not leave room to hide gaps in skill, and the format invites viewers to judge progress day by day.
Returning to old places
Not every video is about a new skill. One episode shows him back at a Kung Fu monastery after 20 years, a return rather than a first visit. Pieces like this, along with his Cape Town vlog, give the channel a more personal register, closer to a travel diary than a challenge show.
AfrikaBurn and building something physical
The AfrikaBurn art car project stands apart because it is about building rather than learning to perform. Constructing a vehicle for the event requires planning, materials, a team and a hard deadline set by the festival itself. It also links to a region that has become important for his professional life. In March 2026, as a co-founder and partner of Terranum, he visited Prieska in South Africa's Northern Cape with Terranum's Victor Decalf and the Prieska Power Reserve team to discuss preliminary approval for a planned 100 MW, fully off-grid data center campus running on 100% renewable energy.
Risk on screen
The episode about 24 hours stranded at sea in Australia, together with heli-skiing and skydiving, places a degree of physical risk at the centre of the channel. These are activities that rely on preparation, equipment and guides, and the videos present them as experiences to be worked through rather than stunts.
A dream still on the list
For all the challenges already filmed, one childhood goal remains open. Hüttenbach says he still pursues the dream of surfing a barrel wave, the hollow tube that forms inside a breaking wave. He also says he wants to help the environment, an interest that sits alongside Terranum's focus on renewable-powered infrastructure.
What the channel says about his approach
Viewed together, the videos suggest a person who is comfortable being a visible beginner, who uses deadlines as motivation and who treats unfamiliar environments as the point rather than the obstacle. The maxim he brings to business, from Sameday Health to Terranum, "Execution beats narrative.", applies neatly to a channel whose stories only work if the attempt actually happens on camera. The episodes are on his YouTube channel, and he is also on Instagram as @felixhutti.
