AeroVelo Atlas
| Atlas | |
|---|---|
| File:AHS Sikorsky Prize Winning Flight by AeroVelo.jpg | |
| AHS Sikorsky Prize-winning flight of AeroVelo's "Atlas" human-powered helicopter | |
| Role | Human Powered Helicopter |
| National origin | Canada |
| Manufacturer | AeroVelo |
| Number built | 1 |
The AeroVelo Atlas is a human powered helicopter built to compete in the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition. The aircraft achieved the goals to win the prize on 13 June 2013.
Operational history
AeroVelo, a team comprised of students and graduates of the University of Toronto, began flight testing its Atlas quad rotor HPH on 28 August 28 2012.[1] The Atlas is the largest HPH ever flown, and the 2nd largest helicopter ever flown (after the Mil V-12). [2]
On 13 June 2013, AeroVelo flew its Atlas HPH and submitted data from the flight to the AHS International Human Powered Helicopter Competition Committee. After the panel of vertical flight technical experts reviewed the data from the flight, AHS International announced that the flight had met the requirements of the competition and that AeroVelo had officially won.[3]
During the 13 June 2013 flight, occurring at 12:43PM EDT, the team managed to keep Atlas in the air for 64.11 seconds, reach a peak altitude of 3.3 meters and drift no more than 9.8 meters from the starting point.[4][5]
AHS International awarded the prize on 11 July 2013 to the AeroVelo Atlas.[6]
Specifications
Data from Aviation Week and Space Tecnology 15 July 2013
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Empty weight: 55 kg (122 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × human , 1.1 kW (1.5 hp)
- Main rotor diameter: 4 × 20.4 m (67 ft 0 in)
- Main rotor area: 1,307 m2 (13,750 sq ft)
Performance
- Service ceiling: 3.3 m (11 ft)
See also
Notes
- ^ "AHS Congratulates AeroVelo for Human Powered Helicopter First Flight!". AHS International. August 28, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^ "Vertiflite, "Human Powered Helicopters Rise Higher"". AHS International. November-December, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Jason Paur (July 11, 2013). "Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize for Human-Powered Helicopter". Wired. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ "U of T engineers make history with first human-powered helicopter". ctvnews.ca. July 11, 2013.
- ^ "AeroVelo Officially Awarded AHS Sikorsky Prize!". aerovelo.com. July 11, 2013.
- ^ "AeroVelo Team Wins AHS International's 33-Year-Old Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition". AHS International. July 11, 2013.
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