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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:20 PM Jul 2013

Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter - AHS Sikorsky Prize Flight

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http://www.aerovelo.com/2013/07/11/aerovelo-officially-awarded-ahs-sikorsky-prize/


The American Helicopter Society has officially declared AeroVelo winner of the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition. After a thorough and rigorous independent analysis of the flight data of June 13th 2013 12:43 EDT, the AHS Human-Powered Helicopter Committee concluded that indeed Atlas’ epic flight 1) exceeded 60 seconds duration, 2) exceeded 3m in height, and 3) remained within a 10m x 10m box.

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Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter - AHS Sikorsky Prize Flight (Original Post) DainBramaged Jul 2013 OP
well i want to see a version that an old overweight guy like me can get dembotoz Jul 2013 #1

dembotoz

(16,832 posts)
1. well i want to see a version that an old overweight guy like me can get
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:54 PM
Jul 2013

the hell with motorcycles I want the other kind of chopper

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