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The following is an excerpt from HPV Deutschland e.V.. "Human-powered vehicles include land, air and aquatic vehicles. These vehicles are powered solely by human muscles. They don't use any form of stored energy." HPVs can be divided into three main categories: Air = Human Powered Aircraft (HPA), Sea = Human Powered Boats (HPB), Land = Recumbents and Handcycling.

Subcategories

• Aircraft
• Electric and Human Powered Hybrids
• Handcycling
• News and Media
• Organizations
• Recumbent
• Watercraft

Resources in This Category

• AtomicZombie

  http://www.atomiczombie.com/
  Build recumbent bikes, trikes, and electric vehicles. Complete plans and a forum for builders around the world.

• Bike Design for Engineers

  http://www.calpoly.edu/~wpatters/
  Bike design at CALPOLY San Luis Obispo. Includes background on the first human powered helicopter as well as student bicycle designs.

• Champiot

  http://www.champiot.com/
  A four-wheel rowing exerciser. Videos, specifications, pictures, and how to order.

• Dan Speas' Variable Exercise Bicycle

  http://www.vcasa.net/bike
  Offers overview and photo gallery of a cable-driven bike with independent pedals and an infinite array of gear ratios. It is useful as a rehabilitation tool. Features videos on the bike and riding.

• Human Powered Equipment and Transportation

  http://www.green-trust.org/2000/humanpower.htm
  The discussion of any type of equipment or transportation using human muscles, usually leg muscles with cranks and chains. This includes generators, mills, drills, presses, boats, planes, and land vehicles.

• Human Powered Race America

  http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/
  The only racing series in the United States for recumbent and Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs). Includes events calendar, overview and history, along with information regarding the .deciMach Prize For Human Powered Speed.

• Kinetic Grand Championship

  http://kineticgrandchampionship.com/
  Three day race in California. Site includes photo gallery and museum.

• Kinetic Sculpture Links

  http://ebeltz.net/niftylinks/ksrlinks.html
  Links to photo galleries, descriptions, artists and active Kinetic Sculpture Race sites in the U.S. and worldwide.

• Quadcycles

  http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/quadcycles/index.html
  Focused on the proliferation and improvement of the "4 wheeled bike." Features links to manufacturers and related resources to earth conscious types of transportation.

• Trans Canada Human Powered Speed Record HPV

  http://www.adventuresofgreg.com/
  Details one man's quest to break the trans-Canada speed record.

Other Languages

• French

 

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