The Chrysalis was a human-powered biplane, designed and built by graduates and undergraduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Professor Eugene Larabee acting as Project Adviser.
[3] The Chrysalis was a biplane of conventional configuration, fitted with a tractor propeller.
[2] It first flew on June 5, 1979, at Hanscom Field airport in Bedford, Massachusetts with designer Harold Youngren piloting the craft.
[1] The Chrysalis was notable for being the first aircraft to use a 'minimum induced loss' propeller, the design of which was based on the work of Professor Eugene Larrabee.
[2] Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft 1981-2,[1] and Popular Mechanics[3]General characteristics Performance