Canadian Engineers Win $250K for Creating Human Powered Helicopter [Video]
Aero Velo, the team behind a helicopter powered solely by pedal power, have produced a video documenting their extraordinary flying machine.
The Canadian-built helicopter that is powered by a human riding a bicycle has become the first winner of a decades-old $250,000 engineering prize. The American Helicopter Society had never given out its Igor Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Award initiated 33 years ago, until the team from the University of Toronto won it this week.
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The challenge was to create a flying machine that would be able to reach a height of three metres, fly for 60 seconds by human power alone, and stay within a 10m by 10m radius.
The winning flight occured on June 13 but the prize was only awarded this week after a month of technical review.
The Canadian-built helicopter that is powered by a human riding a bicycle has become the first winner of a decades-old $250,000 engineering prize. The American Helicopter Society had never given out its Igor Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Award initiated 33 years ago, until the team from the University of Toronto won it this week.
Watch video under:
The challenge was to create a flying machine that would be able to reach a height of three metres, fly for 60 seconds by human power alone, and stay within a 10m by 10m radius.
The winning flight occured on June 13 but the prize was only awarded this week after a month of technical review.
Canadian Engineers Win $250K for Creating Human Powered Helicopter [Video]
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