AeroVelo Atlas human-powered helicopter - GIF

AeroVelo Atlas human-powered helicopter.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...731#post159637
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...690#post159457
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...617#post159170
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...449#post135588
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...170#post157685

awesome!!!!I knew it could be done!!! and possiably adding a electrick bike kit to it could give a little boost when needed and give the driver a little rest too!!!

DaVinci would be proud!

Maybe. But electric bike adds more weight. More weight is more work on the man. You cant get around that fact. Solar panel instead of a battery MIGHT work but again the panel adds more weight/more work. A iift balloon on top could off set the weigh..... but that adds drag slowing you down if you want to proceed forward which adds more work on the man. And then...... no matter what...... a man has got to pee sooner or later! That would lighten the load a bit .... but did you ever try to take a pee while peddling a bicycle?