Crowdfunding hope for human-powered helicopter project

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Last September, the Gamera II team from the A. James Clark School of Engineering got so close to claiming the Sikorsky Prize of US$250,000 for human-powered helicopter flight that the American Helicopter Society must surely have been preparing to pull the dust covers off the safe and hand over the cash. Gamera II features a huge cross-shaped frame with enormous rotors at each of its four points, which are powered by sustained hand and foot pumping from a pilot at the center. It's a design that's been used by many of those attempting to nab the elusive prize (including AeroVelo's Atlas), but Georgia's Kenneth Huff has a rather more compact vision for success... Continue Reading Crowdfunding hope for human-powered helicopter project



Section: Aircraft



Tags: Helicopters, Human-Powered-Flight, Kickstarter, Sikorsky Prize



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