Updates / News

• 2007-04-21: FYI, photos of HPVs at NASA challenge.
  
• 2007-04-16: FYI, HPH construction instructions on ebay.
• 2007-04-16: Added article by Graves.
• 2007-04-13: FYI, NuVinci CVP transmission installed on a bicycle (gizmag).
• 2007-04-12: Added article by Mao (Dragonfly's power to hover)
• 2007-04-12: Added article by Wang, "Using drag to hover".
• 2007-04-12: FYI, On similarities of pilot selection for space and HPHs. Pick'em short and pick'em light.
• 2007-04-12: FYI, NASA human powered vehicle challenge.
• 2007-04-10: Added article by Sunada.
• 2007-04-10: Added CFD Wiki to Engineering.
• 2007-04-10: FYI, human powered skiing on water.
• 2007-04-05: FYI, the multi-engined 'Conference Bike'.
• 2007-04-05: FYI, The Kamov Ka-56 folding helicopter has a pilot position familiar to HPH designers.
• 2007-04-05: FYI, Preparing to break the human powered land speed record.
• 2007-04-05: FYI, Flying wind mills.
• 2007-04-03: Added downloadable file for article by Cranfield on Vertigo project.
• 2007-04-03: Added IHPVA journal #21 with summary article on HPHs.
• 2007-03-22: FYI, Windream solar powered dirigible to cross Atlantic. From the same designer as the Zeppy HPA.
• 2007-03-21: $100 pledge by Cabot Wade.
• 2007-03-20: Added patent by Miraula (1926).
• 2007-03-20: Added link to Gilmore's list of human power related patents.
• 2007-03-19: Added software QPROP and QMIL.
• 2007-03-19: Added 4 articles by Larrabee.
• 2007-03-16: $100 & $50 pledge by David Wagner and an interview.
• 2007-03-16: Added project Gyro HPH.
• 2007-03-13: $100 pledge by Gilles Lehoux.
• 2007-03-13: Started pledge list.
• 2007-03-09: Interview with Scott Larwood, co-designer of the Da Vinci III.
• 2007-03-09: Added patent US4953882.
• 2007-03-09: Added artist Panamarenko
• 2007-03-08: Added project Vertigo.
• 2007-03-08: Added project Mitsubachi.
• 2007-03-05: I have found Peter Zwaan!! Stay tuned for more...
• 2007-03-05: Added 3 photos to Yuri I.
• 2007-03-05: Added article by Nakamura on Japanese HPAs.
• 2007-03-05: Added article by Akira Naito (1990).
• 2007-03-05: Added downloadable file for Nakamura article on Mitsubachi HPH.
• 2007-03-05: Added Project "Papillon C"
• 2007-03-05: Added Project "Papillon B"
• 2007-03-05: Added Project "Papillon A"
• 2007-03-05: Added project "A Day Fly"
• 2007-03-05: Added link to book by Chris Roper on history of HPAs.
• 2007-02-26: Added patent by Caldwell (1929)
• 2007-02-26: Added patent by Shang-Ming Kuan (1978)
• 2007-02-26: Added article by Heyson.
• 2007-02-26: Added article by de Bothezat (1920).
• 2007-02-26: Added article by Balaban (1923).
• 2007-02-26: Added patent by Paul Cornu (1906).
• 2007-02-23: Added abstract to Chinese patent.
• 2007-02-23: Added CAMRAD software.
• 2007-02-23: Added CASI article on Thunderbird.
• 2007-02-23: Added Lifting Line Analysis Spreadsheet.
• 2007-02-23: Added EHPIC software.
• 2007-02-23: Added article by Nagashima.
• 2007-02-23: Added patent US6497385 by Wachpress.
• 2007-02-19: Added article by To on Inflatable Wings.
• 2007-02-19: Added download for article by Larwood and Saiki.
• 2007-02-19: Added patent by Charron.
• 2007-02-19: Added article by Cranfield.
• 2007-02-16: Added Monarch project.
• 2007-02-16: Added article by Brown on inflatable wings.
• 2007-02-15: FYI, engineering students are building a replica for the 100th anniversary of the first helicopter flight.
• 2007-02-15: Added XROTOR software.
• 2007-02-15: Added PropSim software.
• 2007-02-15: Added IHPVA journal #48 and #50.
• 2007-02-15: Added article by Hall.
• 2007-02-14: Added article by Simpson on Inflatable airfoils.
• 2007-02-14: Added link to FoilSim in engineering.
• 2007-02-13: Added article about Joined-Wings.
• 2007-02-13: Added info about the project at University of Texas at Austin.
• 2007-02-13: Added files of Sikorsky Prize rule interpretations for download.
• 2007-02-12: Added IHPVA journal #54 with article by Larabee.
• 2007-02-12: Added 2 articles by M. Drela.
• 2007-02-08: Added Project Saitama Institute of Technology
• 2007-02-08: FYI, Decavitator, a Human Powered Boat (Video, photos).
• 2007-02-08: FYI, Zeppy, a Human Powered Dirigeable. Videos 1, 2, 3. 
  
• 2007-02-07: Added Kanagawa University
• 2007-02-07: Added Project Higashi Osaka 2001 and 2002.
• 2007-02-07: Added Project Daian
• 2007-02-07: Added Project by Maruoka Katsura
• 2007-02-07: Added Project Kaguyahime
• 2007-02-07: Added photos of Yuri 1
• 2007-02-07: Added Project Hannan President
• 2007-02-05: FYI, Human Powered Transatlantic Expedition, 3000 miles, 40 days, under construction.
• 2007-02-02: Added to references by Bohorquez, Corfeld, & Schroeder.
• 2007-01-30: Added news articles about Thunderbird.
• 2007-01-30: Added project: Vertigo
• 2007-01-23: New human powered invention Hyperbike (1, 2, 3, 4).
  
• 2007-01-21: Videos of the Japanese Birdman Rally are on YouTube..
• 2007-01-21: Added link to Cool Thrust project. Their website includes a huge list of Japanese human powered aircraft.
• 2007-01-21: Added many links and a new section on Aerodynamics to the Engineering section.
• 2007-01-05: News article New single-seat helicopter designed in India (archive).
• 2007-01-04: Added reference to book "The Fullness of Wings" by G. Dorsey.
• 2007-01-04: Added project at University of Colorado at Boulder.
• 2007-01-04: Added project by Geoff Hanbury.
• 2007-01-04: Added reference to book "Human Powered Helicopter Design" by McCooey.
• 2007-01-04: Added project Whirlyped.
• 2007-01-04: Added project at US Navy school.
• 2006-09-28: Maybe CVP technology could be applicable to an HPH. The article says that Leornardo Da Vinci invented the CVT. Since he also invented the helicopter, maybe those two were meant for each other. They even call it NuVinci.
• 2006-09-19: The 30th (2006) annual Japan Birdman Rally has been run (July). If you know of any websites with the results in english, please let me know.
• 2006-09-19: Added article to references (Minetti).
• 2006-09-19: The worldwide shortage of carbon fiber continues. This is not a good time to be building an HPH. But, the price of computers is going down and the quality of free engineering software keeps improving. So, maybe this is a good time to be doing all your computer simulations and stress analysis until the price of carbon comes down.
• 2006-09-18: The Royal Aeronautical Society has announced a new Kremer prize aimed at schools and other youth organizations.
• 2006-08-28: Press release from the Flycycle project declares their aim to bring human powered fixed-wing aircraft to the masses. This is the first attempt, that I've ever heard of, to produce in series human powered aircraft.
• 2006-08-22: Added link to LUnix list of free CAD software for Linux.
• 2006-08-21: Added link to Arthur Young interview videos and Leishman's History page. Added to downloads helicopter patents (Bourcart, Edison, and Berliner), and article by Warner.
• 2006-08-15: Added to the references page. (Bliesner, Kendall, Leishman, Naylor, Shenstone). Thanks to James Cho of the Phoenix project. Update to the Phoenix project.
• 2006-08-05: Update to the Palermo project.
• 2006-08-03: Update to the Da Vinci III project.
• 2006-08-03: The human powered submarine from the École Polytechnique de Montréal wins competition in California. Team's secret to success is propeller design and pilot training. (article, project) Note that the Helios human powered helicopter was started by a team that had a background in human powered submarines and was from a Montreal university..
• 2006-08-02: Added the Tipsy Bee project.
• 2006-08-01: Update to the Dragonfly project page.
• 2006-07-29: New record for human powered land distance in one hour 85.991 km (article, full results). The Dempsey-MacCready prize ($25,000) is split 3 ways.
  
• 2006-07-26: Added results for the Human Powered Helicopter category of the Birdman Rally in Japan. The competition record is 6.30 seconds by the Higashi-Osaka Seinen-Kaigisho Tries team.
• 2006-07-21: Human powered 24hr distance record broken. (article) (I wonder what would be applicable to human powered helicopters...)
  
• 2006-07-19: Update on the Dragonfly project.
• 2006-07-18: Update on the Hartford-CCSU project.
• 2006-07-17: News article "Battery-powered plane flies in a world first". The airplane was built at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Their Birdman Rally team came in 3rd in 2003. Added 8 patents by Paul MacCready and the Wright Brothers.
  
• 2006-07-16: New photos of Thunderbird. New CAD images of Phoenix. Four new patents.
• 2006-07-12: Update to Stacey Pedalcopter project.
• 2006-07-11: Recumbent bicycle designed to break 24 hr distance record. The record is 11 years old and the attempt to break it will occur between July 19th and 24th.
• 2006-07-11: Human powered submarine competition starting July 20th in Escondido, California.
• 2006-07-09: The Toronto Star newspaper published an article on Jul 9th 2006 by Scott Simmie on the subject of cash prizes for innovation. Basically, he says that if you want to spur a breakthrough in any field, just offer a "significant cash prize" to who ever comes up with the solution. There is no mention of the Sikorsky Prize.
• 2006-07-08: An Ornithopter (flapping wings) takes off with jet-assist. This project was headed by designer James DeLaurier, a professor of aeronautical engineering at Toronto University. The Toronto Star has an interesting article the next day.