birds have a very safe flight but not because they flap their wings. an electric engine and propeller can be safe enough, but the secret is control. birds can fly in extreme turbulence because they have variable geometry wings, they can fully fold, thus minimising the effects of turbulence they can also react faster and have perfect reflexes that they practice every day, but the main factor is the folding wing.
The guys who won the Sigorsky award were the same who built the ornithopter. They also hold the human powered land speed bicycle record at 89.59 mph in a streamlined bike called the Eta. Todd Reichert was the pilot for each of those machines.
What most shocked me is that the Daedalus aircraft that holds the world record for flight duration and distance was developed IN THE 1980s! Wouldn't you think that with all the advancement in materials and aeronautics over the last FORTY years, we would have made some progress? As the saying goes, "Not so much."
Гениальные разработчики делают уникальные вещи, большинство тупо ворует чужие идеи и конструкции. Про "Дедал" читал, что из лучших материалов был собран.
Paraglider solution? I'm a pilot of 25 years. In 2010 I made10-20 flights on my prototype flapping paraglider. Via pulleys etc I inputted force to heave(quads), AOA(calfs) Camber(arms) P&S independent actions provided for steering of typical paragliding, The setup just added more specific airfoil control and power. I found way too much energy loss in pulleys. And failed to have parameters for success. And the mystery of mentally (should lead to intuitive) sequencing the motions was beyond me. Since then without all the muscle additions I have been manipulating camber AOA and fooling with swooping flight. Paragliderd and drag reduction have advanced so much since 2010. Actively flapping a Paraglider is worth another try, I'm looking for a collaborating pilots and a global forum.
The current distance record recognised by the FAI was achieved on 23 April 1988 from Iraklion on Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus 88 piloted by Kanellos Kanellopoulos: a straight distance of 115.11 km (71.53 mi).
I saw a documentary (maybe during the nineties) where they showed the developement of a bicycle-airplane. A woman was training on this plane, checking the design, adjustments etc. The day of the show, a man drived the plane. I was thinking: why another person? Why not keeping the one who did the tests? Does anybody remember this documentary?
Думаю давно пора гнаться не за рекордами, а выпускать мускульные аппараты для отдыха , двух-трехместные тоже не плохо, пока таких не видел. Для отдыха , например полетов над водой думаю подойдут конструкции с меньшим аэродинамическим качеством, но пригодные для долгосрочного использования, удобные для безопасного приземления. Могу предложить несколько новых конструкций.
Have the person lay at a 45 degree angle on their stomach with the foot pedals angled underneath. And also add some arms pedals to work fans or wings for momentum
Для развития этой идеи и внедрения в массы думаю нужно создавать больше таких аппаратов, но которых смогут летать люди со средними физическими данными и не такие хрупкие. Скорость таких моделей можно уменьшить, а площадь крыла увеличить, многопланы думаю одно из простых решений. В этом случае полеты будут более доступны , больше людей будут заинтересованы в создании подобных аппаратов. Люди сами решат, в какую сторону развивать эту идею.
Why don't they use a long cylinder with hydrogen (helium) in the hull design? This will greatly facilitate the task of the "pilot". And the wings should also be pumped with hydrogen.
there is also the first ever human powered aircraft,SUMPAC nov. 1961 it flew about 400 feet! there is a british pathe' newsreel clip of it! more than one person put it on youtube
6:26 It's a shame that they didn't adjust the prize money for inflation.. $250,000 in 1980 would be around $1,133,064 today. A bit of a cop-out really. 250K is bugger all now, especially split between however many people worked on the thing.
Мне еще попадалась информация, лет 30-40 назад хорошие материалы можно было покупать очень дешево . Да и подобные штуки финансировались совсем не для развлечений.
You should include too the Sikorsky awarded human powered helicopter by atlas Canada, I was in that race if a human powered helicopter but didn't manage to finish mine ..I will revisit it someday after am done with my current build
I bet with a small amount of assistance from a motor, with a bicycle like construction, would make for a smaller and still more powerful flying machine
What for yoy need to do ideotism??? Are all you ok?? In hole world is nothing to do usefull??? It looks, that news about 50% lowering IQ fpr last 30 years is truth!!!
Why I think they should do is make a gear ratio of smaller and bigger gears, so you have you can use less leg, power, and more power on the wing and I’m wondering why hasn’t anybody done that yet?
and the flywheel to store/release energy and what about connecting said flywheel to two pedals, one for the feet and one for the hands in case you get tired
HP flight wil never become practical. However, we could come a bit closer tot hat with electrically asisted ledaling, pretty much like a flying e-bike.
I have seen very large Radio Controlled gliders that are super aerodynamic, and robust enough to carry a human efficiently. figure out a pedal and prop then up and away and under control that’s important.....
As a hand glider and paragliding pilot I be willing to bet To add a e motor to the this human powered flight project. This will take us much higher and further. It would be still human powered is it not ? what's is holding us back to just add the e motor like my e bike ???
So.. I have something that should fly, and should easily hover/steer/stay aloft twice as long as current record.. I would prefer anyone interested in actually building this to email me directly... I'm also sketching out a human powered winged craft that too should easily double air time.. Western NY area.
What's wrong with their human aircraft design is they don't have a flywheel. A flywheel could smoothen and sustain torque, so they don't have to pedaling all the time. Pedaling all the time is making higher heartbeat, higher heartbeat equals more oxygen, more oxygen equals more energy but the design don't let them rest.
Pitiful that you take such a serious topic and degrade it with horrible intrusive music!! Did an adult review this video prior to release? It appears not, but more like something a juvenile would produce! Best of luck, but this is a rather awful format!
