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A human powered vehicle (HPV) is a vehicle powered solely by human muscular effort. The most common HPVs are rowing boats, canoes and bicycles, but many other kinds of vehicles can employ human power, including submarines, aircraft, hydrofoils, hovercraft and kinetic sculpture vehicles. The Gossamer Albatross II in flight. ...
The Gossamer Albatross II in flight. ...
The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by Dr Paul B. MacCready. ...
Jump to: navigation, search This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ...
Vehicles are non-living means of transportation. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens For other uses, see Human (disambiguation). ...
Structure of a skeletal muscle Muscle is one of the four tissue types. ...
Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Lobster boat A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Canoe at El Nido, Philippines A canoe is a relatively small boat, typically human-powered, but also commonly sailed. ...
Jump to: navigation, search This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Royal Navy Vanguard class submarine USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
Jump to: navigation, search An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ...
A U.S. Navy hovercraft attached to the Amphibious assault ship Kearsarge (LHD-3) A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle, is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively...
Jump to: navigation, search Kinetic sculptures are sculptures that are designed to move. ...
Human powered aircraft must be capable of powered takeoffs: this excludes gliders. Perhaps the most well-known human powered plane is the Gossamer Albatross, which flew across the English Channel in 1979. Jump to: navigation, search Gliders are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for un-powered flight. ...
The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by Dr Paul B. MacCready. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to...
Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Recumbent bicycles are the fastest human powered vehicles: as of 2004, Sam Whittingham holds the record, having cycled for 200 m at 81.00 mph (130.36 km/h). Jump to: navigation, search Tandem recumbent bicycle manufactured by BikeE Two short-wheelbase recumbents in an amateur HPV race A recumbent bicycle is a variety of bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position (rarely, in a prone position). ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sam Whittingham and his Varna Diablo Sam Whittingham is a Canadian cyclist who has held several world records on recumbent bicycles. ...
See also
The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is an association dedicated to promoting the design and development of human powered vehicles. ...
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