Icarus Cup 2021 - Niall Paterson flight 27th of July 2021

Short flight of the Lazarus Human powered aircraft piloted by Niall Patterson. Take off was successful and was followed by a substantial climb, but the airplane lost a lot of speed and could not stay up much longer.
The rudder was too large, and hit the ground frequently. After this flight it was trimmed by 0.5m, and never struck the ground again!

[@samiqra1538]

What kind of material wings made? details please

[@SUHPA]

The wings have spars made of carbon fiber. We manufacture ribs made of high density blue foam and reinforced with balsa wood, and space them out evenly along the spar. Wedge-shape lengths of balsa wood are used to create a constant trailing edge. The wing leading edge is covered in heat-molded depron foam, and the rest of the surface is skinned with Mylar and heat shrunk. The carbon fiber spars are only 4 metres in length, so we join wing sections together using friction fit square aluminium bars.

[@samiqra1538]

@@SUHPA thank you for information

[@Whatuon]

He’d really get somewhere if he tried this during a tornado …

[@Python7573]

Thats awsome

[@poopybutt2824]

Bravo

[@BlueSky-go4rb]

It would be faster if he gets out and walks or runs…

[@yowu69]

😐

[@misacraft3714]

Such light airplane should be tested when is no wind…..