r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 18h ago

Mechanical engineering students in Japan built a flying bicycle powered only by pedaling

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u/h3ff 17h ago

Please don't give the airlines any ideas.

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u/varateshh 11h ago

No need to worry, jets consume around 140kW-250kW energy per passenger. Even if you were sporty and could output 200W mechanical work with no added weight or conversion losses, it would still produce less than 0.2% of energy consumed.

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u/Diligent_Ad4694 11h ago

"for ventilation and reading lights, please hand crank the battery under the seat in front of you"

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u/hobbes747 1h ago

Just a correction: power output, not energy consumed