UTTERLY awesome to watch.
I looked at the video. The craft was immensely impressive but 'wrong'.
I felt they could have done better doing it quite differently.
Then it flew !!!!!!
:-).
Such an immensely stunningly amazing think to see.
A man rising vertically on bicycle power alone.
Awesome.
(Somewhat akin to the 1st time you saw a current America's Cup challenger
rise off its hulls and onto it's 'foils' for the first time.
But better.
Once more: Awesome :-).

PS: If you have not seen video of the current America's Cup catamarans at
play, do seek some out. The first time you see them start to do their thing
its utterly amazing. After that, it's just amazing.

      Russell



On 15 July 2013 08:41, IVP <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:

>
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=3D5&objectid=
=3D10898078
>
> A 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 US awarder said Friday.
>
> The challenge was to create a flying machine that would be able to reach
> a height of three meters (yards), fly for 30 seconds by human power
> alone, and stay in a 10 by 10 meter area
>
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