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Old 05-18-2011, 02:12 PM
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Girl Power! First human powered helicopter!
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...licopter-rises
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Old 05-18-2011, 02:44 PM
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very cool!
local story here - my son is looking to apply at U MD / CP for aerospace engineering this coming fall
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:11 PM
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hmmm, well that looked like a maybe. Lots of good young minds (and bodies) working on that project.
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:27 PM
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Not impressed.

Did it leave the ground for a millisecond? I didn't notice.
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:28 PM
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She looks small and powerful. Could have used a higher gear though, it seems. Pretty cool.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:25 PM
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I want one. That is soooo cool!
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:27 PM
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very cool!
local story here - my son is looking to apply at U MD / CP for aerospace engineering this coming fall
Good luck to your son!
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:36 PM
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That's wonderful, congratulations to the students.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:56 PM
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:58 PM
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BTW, golly...pilot uniforms have come a loooong way since I started flying...
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Old 05-18-2011, 05:01 PM
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man what a rickety piece of garbage...that said, Nice legs!
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Wouldn't be at all surprised if the pilot is a fairly serious cyclist, or maybe a triathlete.
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Old 05-18-2011, 07:39 PM
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Seems like a cool concept, but, why?
Is a human powered flying device of this type really efficient?

I understand it if we were looking to emulate the efficiency of a birdflight, but, the energy input to output for this type of flight would look to be all off.
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Seems like a cool concept, but, why?
Is a human powered flying device of this type really efficient?...
No. Helicopters function by frightening the ground away.

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