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Jul. 14th, 2013 11:11 pmSikorsky Prize is won
more pretty pictures
reuters video of the victory.
i'm surprised they built a quad-rotor machine. i would have thought a twin-rotor machine would have been better, but i've clearly missed something (lack of roll stability on the rotor-rotor axis?).
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia – July 11, 2013 – AHS International, the world’s premier professional vertical flight technical society, congratulates AeroVelo, Inc. for winning its Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition for the first time since the Society established it 33 years ago.their winning flying machine:
Read more about this stunning achievement in the official AHS Human Powered Helicopter Press Release and check out our complete Human Powered Helicopter page.
more pretty pictures
reuters video of the victory.
i'm surprised they built a quad-rotor machine. i would have thought a twin-rotor machine would have been better, but i've clearly missed something (lack of roll stability on the rotor-rotor axis?).