Human Powered Flight Links

SOCIETIES

The Royal Aeronautical Society

AIAA - HPA related papers for sale on line

SAE

The IHPVA

OSTIV

AIRCRAFT

Don Monroe's photograps of Gossamer Condor, Albatross, Bionic Bat and Solar Challenger at his web pages

Human Powered flight in Japan

Phoenix inflatable HPA

Icarus HPA project at TU Delft Netherlands

Blue Falkor at TU DELFT

Velair

Airglow

Dragonfly

Skycycle

HUMAN POWERED HELECOPTERS

The Human powered helecopter website

Da Vinci - Cal Poly HPH

OTHER INTERESTING PROJECTS

Solar Impulse round the world flight

Human powered ornithopter

Prospective Concepts AG - inflatable aircraft

Icaré solar powered aircraft

Steam Boat Willy - Human powered hovercraft

Decavitator human powered hydrofoil

TOOLS

CNC foam cutter

AIRFOILS

Low-speed airfoil tests

Airfoil database

XFOIL airfoil design software and XROTOR propeller design software

PROPELLERS

Minimum induced loss propellers

Malcolm Whapshott's propeller design software

AERODYNAMICS AND ENGINEERING

Malcolm's Kremer Schools Competition site

Aerodynamics for students

Some aerodynamics links

MATERIALS SUPPLIERS AND DATA

Hexcel composites - pre preg

Think composites - design software

Rohacell foam

Depron foam sheet

DOW styrofoam

Tubesales 6061 Aluminium tube etc.

Mylar (Melinex)

WM Berg - flex-e-pitch chain

BOOKS

Roper, C. Human Powered Flying