MIT BURD II

MIT BURD II
Role Human-powered aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Designer Paul Hooper
Number built 1
Developed from MIT BURD

The BURD II was a two-place human-powered biplane, designed and built by graduates and undergraduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is very similar to the original BURD, which suffered a structural collapse during testing in 1975, but incorporated changes to its structure and its control systems.

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