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Musculair 1 and Musculair 2 are two
* Length: 7.20 m
* Wingspan: 22.00 m
* Wing area: 16.50 m2
* Glide ratio: 1:38
* Height: 2.20 m
* Mass of the aircraft: 28 kg
* Propeller diameter: 2.72 m
* Required minimum power: 200 watts
* Required performance (): 280 watts
*Length: 6.00 m
*Wingspan: 19.50 m
*Wing area: 11.70 m2
*Glide ratio: 1:37
*Height: 1.50 m
*Mass of the plane: 25 kg
*Propeller diameter: 2.68 m
Data on Musculair 2
Human-powered aircraft High-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1984 Pusher aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft
human-powered aircraft
A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport.
As its name suggests, HPAs have the pilot not only steer, but power the aircraft (usually propeller-driven) by means of a system ...
designed and built by German academic and engineer Günther Rochelt.
Musculair 1
Rochelt designed Musculair 1 and completed building it in 1984. His son, Holger, won a Kremer prize in the same year for his flight over a triangular course, improving the record to 4 minutes and 25 seconds. In the same year, he set a world speed record at , receiving a second Kremer prize. Later that year, Holger and his sister Katrin, at that time still a child, became the first passengers in a human-powered aircraft.
* Length: 7.20 m
* Wingspan: 22.00 m
* Wing area: 16.50 m2
* Glide ratio: 1:38
* Height: 2.20 m
* Mass of the aircraft: 28 kg
* Propeller diameter: 2.72 m
* Required minimum power: 200 watts
* Required performance (): 280 watts
Musculair 2
Günther designed Musculair 2, and Holger slimmed down to just to reduce the total mass of craft and human, leading to him setting a newFédération Aéronautique Internationale
The World Air Sports Federation (; FAI) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintains worl ...
world record for a human-powered aircraft at on 2 October 1985. The record, which still stands as of 2023, was set over a circuit at the Sonderlandeplatz Oberschleißheim airfield, near Munich.
*Length: 6.00 m
*Wingspan: 19.50 m
*Wing area: 11.70 m2
*Glide ratio: 1:37
*Height: 1.50 m
*Mass of the plane: 25 kg
*Propeller diameter: 2.68 m
Aircraft on display
Today, Musculair I is on display at the mainDeutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science museum, science and technology museum, technology, with a ...
, Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
. Musculair 2 is on display at the specialist Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
Flugwerft Schleissheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich, it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on ...
in Oberschleißheim
Oberschleißheim (, , in contrast to " Lower Schleißheim") is a municipality in the district of Munich, and a suburb to Munich in Bavaria, in southern Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich (centre). As of 2005 it had a population o ...
.
See also
* Solair *List of human-powered aircraft
This is a list of History of human-powered aircraft, human-powered aircraft by date.
See also
*History of human-powered aircraft
References
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External links
Chris Roper's online book ''Human Powered Flying''Prop designer ...
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{{Commons categoryData on Musculair 2
Human-powered aircraft High-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1984 Pusher aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft