The royal Dutch Row Union had her annual row congress in the Aegon office in De Hague on January 26 2013. 250 directors and several (top) rowers attended this congress. A nice surprise for Menno van Blitterswijk: he received a THYS 209 Carbon from Roompot Vakanties and Thijs Industrial Designs. In September 2012 Menno won […]
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The World Champions Rowing 2014 take place on the Bosbaan in Amsterdam. Henk Jan Zwolle (rower from the golden Holland 8) is the main representative for this event. Maybe also a place for a race for Rowingbikes? Henk Jan agrees this would be a good addition. We let the idea simmer for a while. Maybe […]
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Go to the EC-pages! See the Television broadcast from Omroep Zeeland. Picture: Menno wins sprint against Martijn Rempt too!
Read moreTodd Reichert did it again! World record human powered helicopter Our Canadian rowingbike friend Todd Reichert who previously flew the first human powered “rowplane” (ornithopter) has won the Sikorsky price with a human powered helicopter. A remarkable feat, congratulations Todd and team! More info at www.aerovelo.com.
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Building, testing, tuning and in the end flying. It is possible… Computer design by Derk Thijs jr. If a propeller Human Powered Aircraft can fly with 15-20% loss in propeller and 15-20% loss in drive system from pedals to propeller than this plunging wing device must be more efficient . Loss in rowing system and […]
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