A human-powered plane aims for World record, to challenge the longest distance flown in a man-powered aircraft, which stands at 115 kilometres. Image credit: youtube Watch the videos…
The Human-powered plane “Gokurakutombo” made from polystyrene, is now performing test flights at the Honda airport at Okegawa city, suburban Tokyo.
The Gokurakutombo (means “Happy-Go-Lucky”) has a wing span 117 feet, which is about half that of a Boeing 747
Team Aeroscepsy and the pilot, a professional mountain biker, they hope will beat the previous record of 115 kilometres.
Shinsuke Yano, who heads the team of 10 engineers and enthusiasts, said:
“We developed a new plane from scratch to break the world record.”
He added that the world record for human-powered flight was set by a US university in 1988 with its pedal-driven Daedalus.
According to Greek mythology Daedalus plopped into the Mediterranean just a few metres short of the Greek island of Santorini after flying 115 kilometres from Crete.
via popsci
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