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2. Kayak technology: Pedal systems drive the future of paddling

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   When considering that some pedal-drive kayaks weigh more than 100 pounds fully rigged, the Lynx provides a welcome contrast for paddlers who want to lift the vessel onto their car with relative ease.

3. Human-powered watercraft - Wikipedia

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   Human-powered watercraft are watercraft propelled only by human power, instead of being propelled by wind power (via one or more sails) or an engine. The three main methods of exerting human power are: directly from the hands or feet, sometimes aided by swimfins; through hand-operated oars, paddles, or poles, or; through the feet with pedals ...

4. Kayak - Wikipedia

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   Pedal kayaks represent a pioneering type of watercraft engineered for hands-free functionality, utilizing a propulsion system operated by the kayaker's feet. This mechanism usually consists of pedals that are rotated in a circular motion, akin to bicycling, generating forward momentum through a propeller or fins situated beneath the kayak.

5. Human-powered transport - Wikipedia

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   Human-powered transport is the transport of person (s) and/or goods (freight) using human muscle power. Unlike animal-powered transport, human-powered transport has existed since time immemorial in the form of walking, running and swimming, as well as small vehicles such as litters, rickshaws, wheelchairs and wheelbarrows.

6. Personal watercraft - Wikipedia

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   A watercraft on the Mekong River. A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat. Prominent brands of PWCs include Jet Skis and Sea-Doos. PWCs have two style categories.

7. Human-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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   A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport.. As its name suggests, HPAs have the pilot not only steer, but power the aircraft (usually propeller-driven) by means of a system similar to a bicycle or tricycle: a pair of pedals, moved by the pilot's feet that turns a gear, which then moves a bicycle chain, which then rotates a ...

8. Human-powered land vehicle - Wikipedia

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   Human-powered land vehicle. Human-powered land vehicles are land vehicles propelled over ground by human power, The main ways to support the weight of a human-powered land vehicle and its contents above the ground are rolling contact; sliding contact; intermittent contact; no contact at all as with anything carried; or some combination of the ...

9. Paddle wheel - Wikipedia

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   A paddle wheel aereator used in an Indonesian shrimp pond. A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel. It has several uses, of which some are: Very low-lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about 0.5 m (20 in) height above the water source.