MIT BURD
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mit-burd-245-2686123
title:
MIT BURD
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The BURD was a two-place human-powered biplane, designed and built by graduates and undergraduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Professors Eugene Covert and James Mar acting as project advisers. It was developed with the specific goal of winning the £50,000 Kremer prize then on offer. BURD is an acronym for "Biplane Ultralight Research Device", reflecting the aircraft's configuration. The project was notable for it involving computational analysis as well as wind-tunnel tes
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1970s United States human-powered aircraft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_BURD
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2023-11-18T23:35:12Z
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