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Aerovelo's Human-Powered Helicopter Wins $250,000 Sikorsky Prize

Posted by timothy on from the energetic-commute dept.

First time accepted submitter oritonic1 writes "Since 1980, several teams have tried (and failed) to build a human-powered helicopter that could win the elusive $250,000 Sikorsky prize. But a Canadian start-up, Aerovelo, has finally taken the crown with Atlas, a human-powered craft that managed to stay at least 10 feet in the air, for 60 seconds, within a 30'x30' area."

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  1. Re:Ground effect by OglinTatas · · Score: 4, Funny

    a stovepipe hat and a suit

    That should have been specified in the Sikorsky prize rules

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