Comments on: Teenager Builds Pedal-Powered Airplane Out of Balsa Wood http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: pigfly http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-394250 pigfly Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:04:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-394250 Well done - what a beautiful propellor design and the crossover power chain - simple, brilliant, Check out Musculair in the Munich museum at Schleissheim. I think youve done well with simpler means! Well done – what a beautiful propellor design and the crossover power chain – simple, brilliant, Check out Musculair in the Munich museum at Schleissheim. I think youve done well with simpler means!

]]> By: Nancy Lavander http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-352950 Nancy Lavander Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-352950 I'm a long time watcher and I just believed I'd drop by and say hi for the very first time. I genuinely take pleasure in your posts. Thanks I’m a long time watcher and I just believed I’d drop by and say hi for the very first time. I genuinely take pleasure in your posts. Thanks

]]> By: blacker1977 http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-288853 blacker1977 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:22:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-288853 recumbent style cockpit would be longer and need more support under the body. i.e. a chair vs a bike seat. plus extra lenght = more material = more weight. also he used an existing bike frame im guessing cost was involved. so probably quite a few reasons there isnt a recumbent style cockpit. recumbent style cockpit would be longer and need more support under the body. i.e. a chair vs a bike seat. plus extra lenght = more material = more weight. also he used an existing bike frame im guessing cost was involved.
so probably quite a few reasons there isnt a recumbent style cockpit.

]]> By: French Engineers Design a Pedal-Powered Submarine | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-252485 French Engineers Design a Pedal-Powered Submarine | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:42:20 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-252485 [...] there was the bicycle, then the pedalo boat, then the pedal-powered aircraft — and now, thanks to a team of French engineers, the world has the pedal-powered submarine. [...] [...] there was the bicycle, then the pedalo boat, then the pedal-powered aircraft — and now, thanks to a team of French engineers, the world has the pedal-powered submarine. [...]

]]> By: ThinAirDesigns http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-192955 ThinAirDesigns Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:27:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-192955 I just love the media .. he built it out of "balsa wood, polyurethane and rip-resistant foil". Ahh yes, and not a stitch of aluminum tubing to be seen. LOL Nice work by the kid. Kudos. Oh, btw ... hi JJ JB I just love the media .. he built it out of “balsa wood, polyurethane and rip-resistant foil”. Ahh yes, and not a stitch of aluminum tubing to be seen. LOL

Nice work by the kid. Kudos.

Oh, btw … hi JJ

JB

]]> By: jjcote http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-192890 jjcote Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:41:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-192890 There are few HPAs that have used a recumbent pilot position. In terms of efficiency, there's probably far more to be gained by using a better propeller than fiddling with the pilot position. The design that he used also appears to be quite simple and lightweight, which are also very important. There are few HPAs that have used a recumbent pilot position. In terms of efficiency, there’s probably far more to be gained by using a better propeller than fiddling with the pilot position. The design that he used also appears to be quite simple and lightweight, which are also very important.

]]> By: Observerx10 http://inhabitat.com/teenager-builds-pedal-powered-airplane-out-of-balsa-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-190538 Observerx10 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:20:07 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=58633#comment-190538 Can't help but wonder why he did not use a more aerodynamic and powerful recumbent style cockpit. Can’t help but wonder why he did not use a more aerodynamic and powerful recumbent style cockpit.

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