Would you buy a pedal powered airplane?

[CCS]

I personelly cant wait to see it. Although it does look abit impractical (sizewise).

Mine will be much smaller, and will disassemble.

 

[Doug Douglas]

I will happily buy any aircraft that is designed and built by CCS.

 

[s.a.f]

I will happily buy any hairloss treatment, spaceship or sex aid designed by CCS. unk:

 

[somone uk]

no one want a pedal powered airship :dunno:
it'll be safer
i promise i'll use helium :innocent:
or should i just go back to my idea of a diesel-electric sports car

 

[patagonia]

http://vimeo.com/15168317

http://www.treehugger.com/files/201...tory-with-first-ever-human-powered-flight.php

A canadian student has done what Leonardo da Vinci had only dreamt of: piloted a human-powered "wing-flapping" plane! Called an ornithopter, and the inspiration for modern day helicopters, the machine was first sketched by Da Vinci way back in 1485 and never actually built.

Todd Reichert, an engineering student at the University of Toronto, made history by sustaining flight in his ornithopter--named Snowbird--for 19.3 seconds and covering 475.72 feet. Snowbird is made from carbon fiber, balsa wood and foam. The 92.59 pound vehicle maintained an average speed of 15.91 miles per hour.

 

[Bryan]

That doesn't particularly impress me. The guy and his silly contraption stayed in the air for 19.3 seconds while he was furiously flapping with all his available strength (and after training for a year just for that stunt, I might add) after being TOWED into the air by a motor vehicle? No sh*t?

 

[somone uk]

That doesn't particularly impress me. The guy and his silly contraption stayed in the air for 19.3 seconds while he was furiously flapping with all his available strength (and after training for a year just for that stunt, I might add) after being TOWED into the air by a motor vehicle? No sh*t?

:agree:
i will stick by my point that a pedal powerd airship is more sensible

 

[mpbsux20]

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