Check this out.

[McGuinty]

On June 13th, 2013, the AeroVelo's Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter captured the long standing AHS Sikorsky Prize with a flight lasting 64.1 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres. The competition was initially opened in 1980, and over the course of the 33 years that followed, dozens of teams from around the world pushed the limits of existing technology in pursuit of this once-thought-to-be impossible goal.

This video is a compilation of footage from the record flight, as well as previous test flights. For uncut videos of the record flight visit the AeroVelo YouTube Channel.

 

[FUKUMAN]

:good:

 

[Admiral]

So much work for so little.

 

[-b]

That was awesome......:YMAPPLAUSE:

 

[Art Mann]

So much work for so little.

Well, the prize they won is a quarter million bucks.

But that's not the important thing.

It's all about the goal. Like climbing Mount Everest.

This team of U of T grads met a challenge laid down 20 years ago, before many of them were even born, to develop a human powered helicopter prototype. Many others have tried and failed this engineering feat. Even a week ago people were still saying it can't be done.


Edit:

puts the achievement in context (the most recent clip in this list is an interview with the engineers from a couple minutes ago ... must have just been posted while I was adding this post).

 

[Wanker]

Good for them plus will take the quarter mil anytime :biggrin2: