Man-powered helicopter has flown

[Enthalpy]

Snowbird has been built by AeroVelo, a team of students at the university of Toronto

 

The previous (young strong light wo-) man-powered one relied on ground effect to hover little above the ground. Toronto's team has obviously improved a lot, since their flies higher, not using the ground effect (winning as a consequence the Sikorsky prize, which had been proposed so long ago), and since the pilot doesn't even look exhausted.

Fantastic achievement!

[dimreepr]

Awesome.

[D H]

That's an ornithopter, not a helicopter, and it flew a couple of years ago.

 

Here's the helicopter that won the Sikorsky prize:

 

[EdEarl]

The helicopter flight is awesome, the ornithopter is nice but didn't appear to take off under his own power.

[Enthalpy]

Thanks for the corrected address!