Boing Boing » helicopters http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Contest to build a human-powered helicopter http://boingboing.net/2012/10/17/contest-to-build-a-human-power.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/17/contest-to-build-a-human-power.html#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:40:14 +0000 David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/?p=188079 Since 1980, hundreds of young engineers have entered the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition. Nobody has won the grand prize of $250,000 for demonstrating "a one minute hovering time, a momentary achievement of 3 meters altitude, and controlling the vehicle within a constrained box -- all in the same flight." But damn, they're sure trying. "Straight Up Difficult" (NPR)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/17/contest-to-build-a-human-power.html/feed 6 Dead catcopter in flight http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/catcopter-in-flight.html http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/catcopter-in-flight.html#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:04:25 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=165239

Good morning. Here is a high-quality photograph of the taxidermy catcopter Xeni posted video of yesterday. [Cris Toala Olivares / Reuters]]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/catcopter-in-flight.html/feed 121