10 Human-Powered Aircraft That Flew 💪

Flying an aircraft has become as simple as just jumping on a bicycle.
Throughout history, humans have made several attempts to fly like a bird.
Of course, we've had planes and helicopters. However, they require powerful engines. How about an aircraft that rely solely on human power?
Watch our list of 10 human-powered aircraft that flew.
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[@Cr4z3d]

Good list, but the video would be so much better if the _obnoxiously_ loud music wasn't constantly playing throughout.

[@KevinLarsonIsAwesome]

Ngl I think the music soundtrack is really unnecessary

[@KevinLarsonIsAwesome]

But super interesting video anyway!

[@1984Phalanx]

The music was louder than your voice at times which was distracting while trying to listen to you. Otherwise a good video.

[@user-fy6wn8zo1r]

0:21 abbas ibn firnas was the first human creat and fly with ornithopter

[@rotorblade9508]

birds have a very safe flight but not because they flap their wings. an electric engine and propeller can be safe enough, but the secret is control. birds can fly in extreme turbulence because they have variable geometry wings, they can fully fold, thus minimising the effects of turbulence they can also react faster and have perfect reflexes that they practice every day, but the main factor is the folding wing.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

the multicopter is very impressive. I think what could be really cool is a combination of pedal power and solar power for one of those gliders.

[@Pressplay_Media_EU]

For the bicycle operated ones maybe a 60cc engine like on a motorized bicycle to give it that ground speed, so towing by car would not be necessary. Make sure you have a good tank, unless it's e powered then no gas necessary and the environment would like it

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

That’s a really cool idea

[@onesmallstep7046]

Human-powered vertical lift is amazing!

[@mamaassam3044]

Thanks for sharing friend👌👍Love from India❤💞🇮🇳🙏

[@videovoer8130]

A human powered aircraft that uses a dynamo to save manpower and to fly faster seems like a good next step.

[@nirgunawish]

you'd need a long string of dynamos to make it actually capable of enhancing lift

[@Gdl_Ghost]

Love you brother i am from India🇮🇳

[@techinmate]

Thank you, Mr. Techno. 🥰🥰 Your channel is great.

[@mattcolver1]

I saw the Gossamer Condor fly back in the 70s out at Shafter airport.

[@rcfanaticdublin]

1970/80's Machines were Head and Shoulders above more recent Fixed Wing Design.

[@nirgunawish]

yearly small pot competitions only incentivise social cohesion, not technical innovation

[@guillensuarezmartinez713]

THE IMPULSE VEHICLE STUB.

[@sv4rin]

The current distance record recognised by the FAI was achieved on 23 April 1988 from Iraklion on Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus 88 piloted by Kanellos Kanellopoulos: a straight distance of 115.11 km (71.53 mi).

[@1islam1]

{ إِنَّ إِلهَ إِبراهيمَ وإِسحقَ ويَعْقوب، إِلهَ آبائِنا، قد مَجَّدَ عَبدَه يسوع} (أعمال الرسل 3: 13)

[@peterross97]

Keep in mind, Snowbird has no propeller. It flaps it's wings!

[@antonioveritas]

That Snowbird's no bird...it's a plane!

[@labtrainer09]

What most shocked me is that the Daedalus aircraft that holds the world record for flight duration and distance was developed IN THE 1980s! Wouldn't you think that with all the advancement in materials and aeronautics over the last FORTY years, we would have made some progress? As the saying goes, "Not so much."

[@eurobeatmachinist732]

They had better drugs back then😂

[@user-yt4mm4db3b]

Гениальные разработчики делают уникальные вещи, большинство тупо ворует чужие идеи и конструкции. Про "Дедал" читал, что из лучших материалов был собран.

[@Johnny-rj9on]

Considering the massive gap in achievement ever since, I wouldn't be surprised if they cheated.

[@bryanlallen]

This is known as “diminishing returns“. It happens in almost every field of technical endeavor.

[@SeanTakesOn]

@3:50 & @5:27 I like how the propeller is built into the tail, cool design

[@sublimeroo]

Great video 🔥🔥🔥🚴🏻‍♀️✈️🙌🏼 🙏🏼✌🏼❤️🎶✈️🌎💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@tnyas2287]

Powerful invention

[@marcus6793]

Have the person lay at a 45 degree angle on their stomach with the foot pedals angled underneath. And also add some arms pedals to work fans or wings for momentum

[@techinmate]

Sounds like a great idea.

[@robarnum7180]

there is also the first ever human powered aircraft,SUMPAC nov. 1961 it flew about 400 feet! there is a british pathe' newsreel clip of it! more than one person put it on youtube

[@bidhankapri]

Nice

[@itsallmemeslol3105]

You could just put an escooter motor and I'll takeoff just add steering

[@graphenepixel8231]

I want to see one with power storage and can fly aggressively at high velocity and high altitude.

[@janprzysiezniak7563]

Thanks for this compilation. This field has grown so much since the Gossamer Condor!

[@techinmate]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching.

[@eduardoalfonso4509]

I saw a documentary (maybe during the nineties) where they showed the developement of a bicycle-airplane. A woman was training on this plane, checking the design, adjustments etc. The day of the show, a man drived the plane. I was thinking: why another person? Why not keeping the one who did the tests? Does anybody remember this documentary?

[@irshadshaikh9800]

Good knowledge of new flying gadgets.i like this video

[@techinmate]

Thank you, Irshad. 🙏🙏

[@mikespiano4688]

Cramps can really dry the gas

[@GBracing57]

Inhumain 😮

[@user-kl8lc5us9m]

good video😊😊 from korea

[@dh88k]

Cool mode of transportation, the helicopter contraption not so much.

[@Dr_Do-Little]

I didn't remember the English channel crossing to be that old. Genuinely surprised. I too can suffer from Mandela effect I guess! 😆

[@techinmate]

How time flies 😂😂

[@hailtonrochafr]

Adoro tecnologia

[@isaacberryXERXEESE]

totally brilliant amazing presentation!!!

[@techinmate]

Thank you. I truly appreciate your kind words.

[@OneOfGamers]

Strong legs required

[@TlnpotGaming]

yo 787 's wings so BENDY, boeing could make the 787 into a omnicopter

[@pxg812]

ни один велосипед с такой конструкцией планера не взлетит

[@thffkfltm]

This is very interesting and impressive. I really wish one they we really invent a machine that humans can fly without any motor system.

[@gbone7581]

balloon or paraglider?

[@max_2210]

Ваааау

[@AirstripBum]

Ah yes, Gossamer Wings! It was just one of those things. LOL

[@paultaylor6821]

Turn the loud music off please!

[@_Maxl344]

Fun to watch and play, but most of them are just a waste of funding.

[@Llewen.werdna]

Love your videos! Background music is too much

[@techinmate]

Thank you, Walther. We'll keep getting better 💪

[@user-ge2no7se4g]

Why don't they use a long cylinder with hydrogen (helium) in the hull design? This will greatly facilitate the task of the "pilot". And the wings should also be pumped with hydrogen.

[@donzioldbuddy]

Sounds like the Hindenburg disaster waiting to happen again

[@imanedenkurtulur.2437]

Hezarfen çelebiye rahmet olsun .

[@mustaphaaladib2724]

تحيا عباس بن فرناس و الجوهري ..هما أول من فكر باختراع الطائرة

[@uujims3762]

noted that jinker project in the intro was a kickstarter scam

[@KCCC326]

I don't think the car tow counts

[@user-yt4mm4db3b]

Думаю давно пора гнаться не за рекордами, а выпускать мускульные аппараты для отдыха , двух-трехместные тоже не плохо, пока таких не видел. Для отдыха , например полетов над водой думаю подойдут конструкции с меньшим аэродинамическим качеством, но пригодные для долгосрочного использования, удобные для безопасного приземления. Могу предложить несколько новых конструкций.

[@mohammedzriouil6910]

Abbas Ibn Firnas is the first person to make many attempts to fly throughout history ..

[@user-st4qf3ue2j]

Нужно датчики угла подьема

[@dubab.249]

Elisa only has two arms?, with 6-8 arms it would pull better, the speed would increase...the wings could be shorter...

[@multitalentachanel9435]

Woow emaizing friend

[@techinmate]

Thank you very much!

[@Skoda130]

HP flight wil never become practical. However, we could come a bit closer tot hat with electrically asisted ledaling, pretty much like a flying e-bike.

[@southerncross4956]

I have seen very large Radio Controlled gliders that are super aerodynamic, and robust enough to carry a human efficiently. figure out a pedal and prop then up and away and under control that’s important.....

[@mimzy6067]

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[@alex..7221]

são feitos de que materiais

[@minsoe6067]

amazing.

[@techinmate]

Simply amazing!

[@utubetrutharrowmichael-and9105]

2nd one hardly classifies ....

[@JeffChoppah]

You should include too the Sikorsky awarded human powered helicopter by atlas Canada, I was in that race if a human powered helicopter but didn't manage to finish mine ..I will revisit it someday after am done with my current build

[@techinmate]

It's part of the video. Thanks.

[@sattarhossain7504]

আপনাদের চেষ্টা সফল হোক। আমি চাই।

[@duckweathermcoc8731]

I bet with a small amount of assistance from a motor, with a bicycle like construction, would make for a smaller and still more powerful flying machine

[@nauvofact993]

What for yoy need to do ideotism??? Are all you ok?? In hole world is nothing to do usefull??? It looks, that news about 50% lowering IQ fpr last 30 years is truth!!!

[@daemonburns-waight2421]

6:26 It's a shame that they didn't adjust the prize money for inflation.. $250,000 in 1980 would be around $1,133,064 today. A bit of a cop-out really. 250K is bugger all now, especially split between however many people worked on the thing.

[@user-yt4mm4db3b]

Мне еще попадалась информация, лет 30-40 назад хорошие материалы можно было покупать очень дешево . Да и подобные штуки финансировались совсем не для развлечений.

[@gamesandtanks3863]

I’m gonna build one for a double world record

[@tonydrake5889]

The music totally spoils this

[@albert1437]

That would. Be cool

[@ShaneStudiosEntertainmentLLC]

Why I think they should do is make a gear ratio of smaller and bigger gears, so you have you can use less leg, power, and more power on the wing and I’m wondering why hasn’t anybody done that yet?

[@cannabico6621]

and the flywheel to store/release energy and what about connecting said flywheel to two pedals, one for the feet and one for the hands in case you get tired

[@markzalavari1780]

@@cannabico6621 weight

[@GettingToHeaven]

Wingsuit flying makes things so much easier than pedaling. Charlie Horses are of little concern.

[@daviddillardjohnson1095]

That’s gliding not flying

[@sattarhossain7504]

I love your fulln"think

[@user-yt4mm4db3b]

Для развития этой идеи и внедрения в массы думаю нужно создавать больше таких аппаратов, но которых смогут летать люди со средними физическими данными и не такие хрупкие. Скорость таких моделей можно уменьшить, а площадь крыла увеличить, многопланы думаю одно из простых решений. В этом случае полеты будут более доступны , больше людей будут заинтересованы в создании подобных аппаратов. Люди сами решат, в какую сторону развивать эту идею.

[@spectra7gaming471]

Lighten the load!!

[@Qeswara]

Is that real?

[@Alexsandro-zc6sc]

What material is it made of

[@qu1nn_inem750]

Witch onr

[@richandmeaty]

why did they stop filming number 1 when it just got to the good part.

[@techinmate]

The attention span on the internet keeps dropping 😂😂 Gotta keep things brief and move on to the next.

[@jobyjoe1]

WHY IS THE MUSIC SO LOUD ?

[@EctoMorpheus]

Why is it there at all? It makes the video worse, not better

[@jobyjoe1]

@@EctoMorpheus it's so true, I think its post MTV generation that need noise in the background all the time

[@patrickcoyne8624]

The English channel was crossed in a cycle powered glider in 1979

[@antonioveritas]

Gossamer Albatross? I remember seeing it on TV!

[@MuhammadAsif-px3mi]

I want to fly

[@garybrockwell2031]

Don't forget 🆘💯🗣️ how cleaver we are? Trust in yourself and your fellow man👍💯🗣️😘 and God bless us ALL 💞😘 and KEEP US💪❣️🗣️💯🙏😇

[@jameszulawski9910]

So.. I have something that should fly, and should easily hover/steer/stay aloft twice as long as current record.. I would prefer anyone interested in actually building this to email me directly... I'm also sketching out a human powered winged craft that too should easily double air time.. Western NY area.

[@specialopsdoggo5100]

how do i know you’re not lying?

[@brentspellmeyer8943]

Let's do it.

[@thotparraka6690]

I take all

[@techinmate]

They are all impressive.

[@tomellis487]

Is there a reason why there is only one pilot?

[@donzioldbuddy]

Weight

[@tomellis487]

@@donzioldbuddy Double the weight of propulsion units, not double that of the total mass. Think one Merlin in a Spitfire, two in a Mosquito.

[@FranciscoGonzalez-ti4zu]

¿Si los cubanos de la isla ven esto? Ya saben

[@olgerkhan9331]

none of them is practical. i like that one person glider you can buy in austria or swizerland.

[@user-vu1yu5yd7j]

Moaning drama “maiagare “ NHk 8 time

[@DomenicoMigliorini]

Toooooo bad the music in the background sorry I could not follow😮

[@reymonquipte728]

Panis yAn sa whight brothers

[@Canufindnow]

enough for me to get to school

[@sergiocaceres2740]

Hojalá y no lo ataque un calambre cuando esté en el aire.

[@abinaslimbu3057]

Bicycle moter

[@paulthomson2288]

some of these are just gliders not human powered at all

[@vintagerecordambassadeur4098]

Leave it to Canada to not be able to get off the ground without assistance. Lame

[@Williamottelucas]

There are now 140 comments for this video. That means 7 students could each read 20.

[@mashilmy]

What's wrong with their human aircraft design is they don't have a flywheel. A flywheel could smoothen and sustain torque, so they don't have to pedaling all the time. Pedaling all the time is making higher heartbeat, higher heartbeat equals more oxygen, more oxygen equals more energy but the design don't let them rest.

[@backyardmachinist]

But flywheels are heavy!

[@deltashot5608]

You can rest when you gain altitude and glide

[@mashilmy]

@@deltashot5608 the take off process is full of effort bro..

[@mashilmy]

@@backyardmachinist then you need a transmission to spin it up..with that very long wings, that should not be a big problem for 100lbs flywheel

[@deltashot5608]

@@mashilmy if you do something hard everyday, it becomes easy and quick.

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Needs pedelec....😂😂.

[@4elements186]

Das Video hat ein Dislike verdient! Einfach nur Zeitverschwendung.

[@Microtonal_Cats]

The horrible and loud music makes this video far less useful.

[@nituldas9884]

unfortunately idiotas couldn't accept Pushpak viman (Plane) which we already had waayyyyy wayyyy before your Leonardo The Mythical painter

[@lasomil]

Comes from someone who calls Leonardo Da Vinci a Mythical painter 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-jh1hc3vp6e]

비행기 개발 하는 사람이라면 이런경우 효과를 눈으로 본것 만으로 비행기 개발에 충분히 안전성에 대한 자신감이 생길것이고 추진이 가능할것이다. 본인이 약 1985년도 어릴때 봤던 라이트 형제 영상은 정말 개쓰래기 였다. 외냐고 그런 영상 보면 나라는 사람이 비행기 개발 할때 아주큰 장애물이 될수 있다. 라이트형제 언떤 놈들이 만들어낸거야 이거 딱 쓰레기 연출인데.

[@ostoja2004]

I have the impression that solar energy is more effective . greetings

[@techinmate]

I think so too. Greetings to you as well.

[@PacoOtis]

Pitiful that you take such a serious topic and degrade it with horrible intrusive music!! Did an adult review this video prior to release? It appears not, but more like something a juvenile would produce! Best of luck, but this is a rather awful format!