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

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.