Recent content by jzvonek

D H is right. Human-powered helicopters have already gotten off the ground. A few great ideas on how to improve the design will win the prize.

Here is a link to the rules: http://www.vtol.org/awards/hphregs.html Also, the prize has just been increased to $250,000 from the original $20,000. I don't know if ground effect would be significant with the slow-moving rotors of a human-powered helicopter. I've seen experiment...

Hello, I have started a website to facilitate the design of a human-powered helicopter. Please visit this website if you are interested in joining: http://sites.google.com/site/humanpoweredhelicopter/ We need great engineers to solve this difficult problem. If interested in giving...