Aerospace Engineers building human-powered aircraft

Last year, final-year aerospace engineering students Dan Scarfe and Jon Cherry took on the challenge and designed and built wings for the aircraft using their knowledge of previous human aviation.



This year, a new group of students will build on this design to complete the plane and test it out to see if it flies.

It represents a real challenge for the students as it combined their knowledge of structures and aerodynamics to design and build a pedal-powered lightweight aircraft.

Their aim is to build the aircraft using readily available low-cost materials and relatively simple technologies.


The students expect to be carrying out the first test flights by Easter 2011.

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