Richa Shrivastava

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Taruna Kwatra, Trusha Parekh

Flying Wheelchair (Flai’r)

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Maker's Asylum Projects

Flying Wheelchair (Flai’r)

Converting a wheelchair that is capable of sliding right into a paraglider to challenge the boundaries that controls the will of Differently abled.
Maker's Asylum Projects

Flying Wheelchair (Flai’r)

Converting a wheelchair that is capable of sliding right into a paraglider to challenge the boundaries that controls the will of Differently abled.
Reduced Inequalities SDG 10

Objective

This was the only ground up construction that wasn’t based on a pre-exisiting open source project. It involved the construction of a chassis that can fit the harness and be connected to a paraglider to allow both tandem and solo flights.

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Project Contributors

Taruna Kwatra, Trusha Parekh

View detailed project documentation

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Objective

This was the only ground up construction that wasn’t based on a pre-exisiting open source project. It involved the construction of a chassis that can fit the harness and be connected to a paraglider to allow both tandem and solo flights.

Glimpses of the making

Project Contributors

Taruna Kwatra, Trusha Parekh

View detailed project documentation

View Documentation

Glimpses of the making

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