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thenewgreen · 4427 days ago · link · · parent · post: A Human-Powered Helicopter: Straight Up Difficult
I think it's obviously not about viability but about the engineering challenge. That said, it may lead to technology and designs that are viable in other ways, right? I feel like challenging yourself to do something new and unprecedented is almost always valuable to one degree or another.
Almost_A_Robot · 4426 days ago · link ·
Yeah I know its not being done because of viability, it's for the very sake of saying it can be done( also the prize money isn't bad either). But it could be a major step for ultra-light aircraft. NASA has flown a solar powered ultra-light for 2 weeks straight, this opens up a whole worlds of possibility, literally, Ultra-light aircraft could be used to survey the gas giants.