Provides an engineering history of the human powered helicopter creatively designed, skilfully built, and courageously flown by students of the University of Maryland. This technical history explains the concepts of helicopter aerodynamics, aeromechanics, and composite structures using a minimum of jargon, without oversimplifying the explanations.

"This book is an engineering history of the Gamera Human Powered Helicopter, which was creatively designed, skillfully built, and courageously flown by the students of the University of Maryland"--