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This is a collection of links I have found while searching the internet for information on Human Powered Aircraft. NOTE All sites now appear in their own window, this may cause problems if you have a pop-up stopper.
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Propeller sites
JavaProp A similar program to Prop. Designer but online (In English).
JavaFoil Program to generate lift and drag of aerofoil
XFoil Program to design aerofoils and check characteristics of existing aerofoils.
Aerodynamics for students - Analysis of Propellers Australian site.
HPA sites
hpag home page The Royal Aeronautical Society's Human Powered Aircraft site. There are some interesting downloads.
Airglow This site is now hosting the pages.
Pégase A new project from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada, Click here for the English version
CoolThrust A Japanese site.
Velair German HPA.
Skycycle An American flying bicycle
Blue Falkor Dutch group at TU Delft
Abhilasha The first HPA to fly in the Netherlands
Translation of the Abhilasha site to English
Iron butterfly at Virginia Tech
Raven A project that did not quite succeed as well as intended.
Active Gals A Japanese group
Phoenix A British inflatable HPA.
White Dwarf A lighter-than-air craft
Joggernaut A Swiss design study
HPA videos at YouTube
Human powered helicopters
Human Powered Helicopters. This site has (almost) everything you want to know about human powered helicopters and current helicopter projects. Loads of links.
The Igor I. Sikorski prize for human powered helicopter flight
Human powered hovercraft
Steam boat Willy Human powered hovercraft (supposedly) built by students at UCL (University College London), England. Also it's propeller is used as an example in Prop. Designer. Photo
Human powered hydrofoil
Decavitator Built by some of the same team that built Daedalus
Ornithopter sites
General ornithopter site
Japanese ornithopter
Nightingale
Canadian site
Articles in PDF format from Human Power, the technical journal of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association.
Articles on White Dwarf and Monarch
Article on Decavitator
Article on Chick-2000
Article on Airglow
Article on Airglow and human powered helicopters
Other
Bryan Allen’s home page (pilot of Gossamer Condor)
Sites of interest (to me)
BHPC British Human Power Club
Dilbert An insight into office life
Dragonflies, More dragonflies
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