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Re: Human Powered Helicopter
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Originally Posted by Ian Curtis
On Wednesday morning a team from the University of Maryland will attempt to test fly their human powered helicopter as part of a larger attempt to win the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize. Should they get off the ground they'll be the third team to ever do so. The prize itself requires a 90 second flight and an ascent to 9 feet, which they hope to accomplish with a later design iteration. They look to have some seriously neat things going on, especially if you're a huge aero dork like me.
Promo Video (youtube)
Link to the team website (test flight sometime after 9AM on Wednesday
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http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/05...ter-60589.html
Per that article technical problems kept them on the ground yesterday, they will try again today.
However the article also says the pilot is 170lbs whis I find hard too believe.
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