Human Powered Helicopter Project

There's a competition going on to develop the world's first human powered helicopter. The Sikorsky Company is sponsoring it and there's a $250,000 prize for winning. The vehicle has to fly for 60 Seconds, make it 9.8 feet above the ground and stay within a 10-Square meter area. For more information, here's a link.

Kenneth Huff, Neal Fischer and William Edwards want to win that prize. With a $5,000 development grant from Middle Georgia State College they have built several prototype craft. To raise the rest of the needed funds to complete the helicopter, they've gone to Kickstarter.

With only seven days and $19,681 to go, their Kickstarter project might not get funded, but it's an idea that will still eventually get off the ground someday.