Project: Kanagawa University

The Kanagawa University Aeronauts Club participated in the 2001 and 2002 editions of the Tokyo Birdman Rally. They had to abstain from the 2001 edition (for more information see here). They achieved a time of 1.21 seconds in 2002.

A computer translation from the webpage:

In the aeronautical engineering division of research, this year, you participated in the “bird human contest” after approximately 10 years. As for section the human powered helicopter, it was the section which is provided anew from this year. But, the result regrettable was waiver. Several reason of waiver is certain, but first problem is not to be time. Because no [se], it is not to look at the fuselage which is completed as one hour with even us of the party, just it was the [butsutsuke] production. In addition to that, the Lake Biwa weather changing suddenly, also afternoon at 1 o'clock the flight time which at the beginning is evening 4 hours is quick changing is lifted. That being announced from the sponsor 11 o'clock in the morning. Because that time the fuselage had not completed yet, we how, made the fuselage complete, passed even in last examination of the fuselage. By the way, time of this time 12:45 was,… (laughing). Proper thing it climbed in the platform without also one time turning the propeller. This time, the bill which either one time you did not practice turned and trouble occurred. With the trouble, when the propeller is turned, the propeller which has been attached on front and back of the fuselage struck and the propeller kept collapsing. Because this pattern was relayed with also the television, is not the person who is viewed to be many, probably will be? After all, there is no the sufficient time which can correct the trouble and either equipment, prior permission of sponsor side without descending, the fuselage was dropped into the lake even regretfully in a way, waiver. As for regret of this time it became something which is not forgotten, we swore next year [ribenji], with the goal of the thing which throws without fail started re-.
(Department of Mechanical Engineering spring of 3 mountain Yukio)