Dead Simple Human Powered Airplane
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| Type | Aircraft, Experimental aircraft, Civil aircraft, Ultralight aircraft |
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| Configuration | Monoplane aircraft, High wing aircraft |
| Propulsion | Propeller aircraft |
| Manufacturer | DaSH PA Project |
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| FDM | JSBSim |
| --aircraft= | dash |
| Status | Not set yet |
| Development | |
| Repository |
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| Forum |
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| License | GPLv2 |
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DaSH PA  |
The Dead Simple Human Powered Airplane v5 (DaSH PA v5) is a cycling powered single propeller craft created by a project led by Alex Proudfoot. The DaSH PA project uses this Flightgear craft to train pilots.
Excerpt from the readme (early 2020):
The DaSH PA v5 has well-modelled aerodynamics (from AVL and XROTOR), good estimates of mass and inertias, and a few moving parts.
This is an extremely large (109ft wingspan) and light (90lb empty weight) airplane. Recommend flying in low winds, unless you want achallenge. Try initializing your flight at ~100ft AGL, or with sufficient airspeed to maintain wings-level. Once your tip drags on the runway, it's hard to get flying again without wire-men.
External Links
- See the Dead Simple Human Powered Aircraft model v1.0 topic on the forum
- DaSh PA project info and blog
- DaSH PA project's youtube playlists
- DasH PA
- See also: List of human powered aircraft at Wikipedia