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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. That guy piloting it: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That guy piloting it: same guy who flew the human powered flapping wing aircraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E77j1imdhQ

  2. biggest quadcopter ever? by r2kordmaa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This could go into guiness records, on more grounds than one. What i dont quite see is how this thing is stabilized, there must be more than steampunk behind the scenes.