Tiberius
10 kW
Hello everyone,
I haven't been on ES for a while. Sorry about that but I just got snowed under with projects.
But even though I really did have too many projects on the go, along came one that I couldn't say no to. I was recruited onto one of the teams for this
http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List/525/HPA-Icarus-Cup
the first mass competition for Human Powered Aircraft.
I'm one of the pilots for the Edgley team. Apparently, for the first few flights it is more important to have a pilot than an athlete - maybe we are more expendable. There were supposed to be six teams entering, but one failed to turn up. There is one aircraft here that is a proven design and has flown a number of times before, but for the rest of us, this is development and experimental work rather than a serious competition entry.
http://media.aerosociety.com/news/2...-icarus-cup-lasham-gliding-club-–-day-7/6303/
Now for the ES bit. We developed a problem with our chain drive. It likes to skip a tooth and the pilot can't apply full power. One of the students on the team flies RC models, so our HPA has grown this auxiliary thrust device.
With this in place, and me as the second motor, our aircraft did six runs this morning and managed to get airborne for a series of short hops along the main runway at Lasham.
Nick
I haven't been on ES for a while. Sorry about that but I just got snowed under with projects.
But even though I really did have too many projects on the go, along came one that I couldn't say no to. I was recruited onto one of the teams for this
http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List/525/HPA-Icarus-Cup
the first mass competition for Human Powered Aircraft.
I'm one of the pilots for the Edgley team. Apparently, for the first few flights it is more important to have a pilot than an athlete - maybe we are more expendable. There were supposed to be six teams entering, but one failed to turn up. There is one aircraft here that is a proven design and has flown a number of times before, but for the rest of us, this is development and experimental work rather than a serious competition entry.
http://media.aerosociety.com/news/2...-icarus-cup-lasham-gliding-club-–-day-7/6303/
Now for the ES bit. We developed a problem with our chain drive. It likes to skip a tooth and the pilot can't apply full power. One of the students on the team flies RC models, so our HPA has grown this auxiliary thrust device.
With this in place, and me as the second motor, our aircraft did six runs this morning and managed to get airborne for a series of short hops along the main runway at Lasham.
Nick