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Re:Atlas: A Human-Powered Helicopter by option_greek on Friday May 18, 2012 @03:18PM (#3993427)
I can understand the altitude limitation but whats limiting hover time.. losing balance ?
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Re:Atlas: A Human-Powered Helicopter by archangel_one on Friday May 18, 2012 @03:36PM (#3993506)
Presumably the pilot must be pedalling pretty hard to get this thing in the air, so they're not going to be able to keep that up forever.
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Re:Atlas: A Human-Powered Helicopter by smackfu on Friday May 18, 2012 @04:21PM (#3993705)
It may help to see a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70tM5sDQhc

They are right on the edge of flight/no flight. The driver is pedalling flat out and it's not flying. Then it hovers for a few seconds, then it goes back to on the ground.

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Re:Atlas: A Human-Powered Helicopter by carlhu on Friday May 18, 2012 @03:33PM (#3993485)
Insufficient sustainable power output.
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