Aerovelo's Human-Powered Helicopter Wins $250,000 Sikorsky Prize

First time accepted submitter oritonic1 writes "Since 1980, several teams have tried (and failed) to build a human-powered helicopter that could win the elusive $250,000 Sikorsky prize. But a Canadian start-up, Aerovelo, has finally taken the crown with Atlas, a human-powered craft that managed to stay at least 10 feet in the air, for 60 seconds, within a 30'x30' area."

That guy piloting it:

[Anonymous Coward]

That guy piloting it: same guy who flew the human powered flapping wing aircraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E77j1imdhQ

biggest quadcopter ever?

[r2kordmaa]

This could go into guiness records, on more grounds than one. What i dont quite see is how this thing is stabilized, there must be more than steampunk behind the scenes.