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Musculair 1 and Musculair 2 are two
* Length: 7.20 m
* Wingspan: 22.00 m
* Wing area: 16.50 m2
* Glide ratio: 1:38
* Height: 2.20 m
* Mass of the aircraft: 28 kg
* Propeller diameter: 2.72 m
* Required minimum power: 200 watts
* Required performance (): 280 watts
*Length: 6.00 m
*Wingspan: 19.50 m
*Wing area: 11.70 m2
*Glide ratio: 1:37
*Height: 1.50 m
*Mass of the plane: 25 kg
*Propeller diameter: 2.68 m
Data on Musculair 2
Human-powered aircraft High-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1984 Pusher aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft
human-powered aircraft
A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport.
Human-powered aircraft have been successfully flown over considerable distances. However, they are still primarily constructed a ...
designed and built by German academic and engineer Günther Rochelt.
Musculair 1
Rochelt designed Musculair 1 and completed building it in 1984, allowing his son Holger to win aKremer prize
The Kremer prizes are a series of monetary awards, established in 1959 by the industrialist Henry Kremer.
Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Flight Group
The Royal Aeronautical Society's "Man Powered Aircraft Group" was formed in 1959 b ...
in the same year for his flight over a triangular course, improving the record to 4 minutes and 25 seconds. In the same year, he set a world speed record at to receive a second Kremer prize. Later that year, Holger and his sister Katrin, at that time still a child, became the first passengers in a human-powered aircraft.
* Length: 7.20 m
* Wingspan: 22.00 m
* Wing area: 16.50 m2
* Glide ratio: 1:38
* Height: 2.20 m
* Mass of the aircraft: 28 kg
* Propeller diameter: 2.72 m
* Required minimum power: 200 watts
* Required performance (): 280 watts
Musculair 2
Having slimmed down to just , Günther designed Musculair 2, Holger set a new speed world record of in 1985.
*Length: 6.00 m
*Wingspan: 19.50 m
*Wing area: 11.70 m2
*Glide ratio: 1:37
*Height: 1.50 m
*Mass of the plane: 25 kg
*Propeller diameter: 2.68 m
Aircraft on display
Today, Musculair I is on display at the mainDeutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...
, Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. Musculair 2 is on display at the specialist Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
Flugwerft Schleissheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich, it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on ...
in Oberschleißheim
Oberschleißheim () is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich (centre). As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467.
Oberschleißheim is best known for the Schleissheim Palace and ...
.
See also
* Solair * List of human-powered aircraftReferences
External links
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Human-powered aircraft High-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1984 Pusher aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft