AeroVelo Human-Powered Helicopter Wins Elusive $250,000 Sikorsky Prize



The slashdot comments discuss/debate/speculate on the physics etc. involved. One note is that the prize requirements apparently specify that "a reference point on the non-rotating part of the machine will be established as a means whereby the observers can judge that the ( Read more... )

Human-powered helicopter breaks record with 50-second flight

A team at the University of Maryland has blown away a long-standing (or long-hovering) record for human-powered flight. A Japanese team stayed aloft for 19 seconds in 1994, and no one has been able to do better until Thursday, when the Maryland team stayed aloft for 50 seconds. They fell ( Read more... )