project ideas...

[ubaid07]

hey guyz
i am a student of aerospace engineering(6th smester). now i have to choose my final year project. can anyone give me ideas of some exciting aerospace engineering projects which involve designing, controls and febrication.
m waitng for ur reply...

[HarryA]

The human powered helicopter is worth 250,000$ if you can hover for
one minute and reach 3 meters. That would pay your student loans ;)
See the threads in this forum on human powered helicopter
before you start.

[HarryA]

Also see herpamad's post here:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=416947

[mugaliens]

The human powered helicopter is worth 250,000$ if you can hover for
one minute and reach 3 meters. That would pay your student loans ;)
See the threads in this forum on human powered helicopter
before you start.

If you can figure out how to do it using bamboo, paper, and bailing wire, you'd probably win a Nobel prize, too.

I've seriously thought about entering, but my machine would have the humans pedaling for several minutes winding a spring which would then provide for a one-minute flight. Would that meet the rules?

[HarryA]

No; stored energy is not allowed. F. W. McCooey in his book "Human Powered
Helicopter Design" calculated it would require just over one hp for flight. Humans
can not do that.