Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize

Re:Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize by JackGibbs on Thursday July 11, 2013 @10:10PM (#6030492)

I wasn't exactly thinking of Optum or Kenda, I was thinking of a Pro/WorldTour level rider. The numbers you mention are frightening close to these I found for Brian Vandborg: http://home.trainingpeaks.com/races/saxo-bank-sungard/2011-u... - not exactly known as a powerhouse (there he is finish 47 seconds down over a 8km TT, and here he is barely beating Chris Anker Sorenson in a 40km time trial a few months before those figures: http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=20722). Sure, Domencio Pozzovizzio isn't putting out 400 watts sustained (he probably isn't putting out 300), but my feeling is that Siutsou, Chavanel, Tuft, Vanmarcke, Vaitkus, Malori and other riders of their ilk are creeping up towards the 375-400 range sustained.

Don't get me wrong, I'm nitpicking here, I was just noting those numbers feel slightly low.

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Re:Human-Powered Helicopter Wins the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize by alxndr on Friday July 12, 2013 @04:12PM (#6034911)

Here's a guy who's in the TdF right now: http://app.strava.com/pros/laurenstendam

On individual rides (e.g. http://app.strava.com/activities/66583736 ) there's a chart below the map which you can switch to show "Performance", check the "Power" checkbox and you'll see his watt output. Looks like today he cracked 1kw momentarily about ten times, and for an hour starting around ~1h30 in he never went below 200w.

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