skunkbear:Canadian engineering team Aerovelo just broke their own world record in the Eta, a recum
skunkbear: Canadian engineering team Aerovelo just broke their own world record in the Eta, a recumbent bicycle fitted with a windowless, egg-like shell. Most of the incredibly efficient machine is built of carbon fiber. The engine is muscle, sweat and sinew – engineer Todd Reichert. I’ve covered Aerovelo’s efforts before: in 2012, they were racing to build a human powered helicopter. They succeeded in 2013. Here’s a video I made about their competitors, a team of graduate students and undergrads from the University of Maryland. engineeringetahuman poweredbikescyclingsciencenews -- source link
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