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AeroVelo Atlas
A human powered helicopter developed by AeroVelo, a team of students and graduates of the University of Toronto. On June 13, 2013, AeroVelo won the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition.
The AeroVelo team managed to keep Atlas in the air for 64.11 seconds, reach a peak altitude of 3.3 meters, and drift no more than 9.8 meters from the starting point. The peak power of 1.1 kW was generated during the first seconds.
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