Doing More with Less: Human Flight on the Power of a Cordless Drill by Cameron Robertson & Todd Reichert of AeroVelo’s Atlas Team.

 

 

 

AHS Montréal-Ottawa Chapter & CASI Quebec

 with the support of CIADI, Bell Helicopter, CRIAQ & AeroETS

 

 invites you to a presentation on the subject of

 

Doing More with Less: Human Flight on the Power of a Cordless Drill

by

Cameron Robertson & Todd Reichert

of AeroVelo’s Atlas Team

AHS Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Prize-Winners

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 8^th January 2013 at 6:30 pm

 (registration begins at 5:30 pm)

Concordia University

Hall Building, DB Clarke Theatre

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Place:	DB Clarke Theatre, H Building, Concorida University1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal
Date:	Wednesday, 8th January 2014
Agenda:	17h30-18h30	Registration
	18h30-20h00	Presentation
	20h00-20h30	Questions & closing remarks
Cost:	CASI and AHS members	Free
	Non-members	$ 10
	Students (any university),  Concordia Faculty & retirees	Free
RSVP:	Space is limited, so please book your seat ASAP (at the latest by January 5th). Register with:  Alberto Hoyle  – ahoyle@bh.com  450-971-6500 x3712.

 

On June 13^th, 2013, AeroVelo’s Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter captured the 33-year-outstanding AHS Sikorsky Prize. Created in 1980 and thought by many to be impossible, the prize required an HPH to fly for 60 seconds and achieve 3m in height, while remaining controlled within a 10m by 10m box.

 

Todd and Cameron will chronicle the journey leading to this historic achievement, and the process behind the creation of Atlas. This will include the Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter, which in 2010 became the first successful human-powered flapping wing aircraft.  The evolving aircraft design strategies involved in developing these unique vehicles have included Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, high-performance composite structures, as well as many creative and innovative solutions to engineering challenges.

 

Cameron and Todd will conclude with a discussion of future human-powered projects, including AeroVelo’s current focus on high-speed human-powered land vehicles. In the quest for the World human-powered land speed record, these vehicles will potentially set the stage for the next phase of individual transportation technology.

 

 

About the speakers:

 

Having been likened to modern day Wright Brothers, Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson are known for the achievement of two historical aviation firsts. In 2010, Todd and Cameron led a team of engineering students to the realization of an ancient aeronautical dream with the first sustained flight of a human-powered flapping-wing aircraft. For this achievement Todd and Cameron were named co-recipients of the CASI Trans-Canada McKee Trophy, among the highest honours in Canadian Aerospace. As a follow on to their first success, the two sought to tackle the 33-year old AHS Sikorsky Prize: a challenge requiring a human-powered helicopter to reach an altitude of 3 metres and stay aloft for 60 seconds. On June 13th 2013, they achieved what many had thought to be impossible, with the prize-winning flight of the Atlas helicopter.

 

Cameron and Todd met during their studies at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Cameron earning his MASc in 2010 and Todd his PhD in 2011. In 2012, they started AeroVelo Inc., a company dedicated to increasing the public’s awareness of sustainable solutions to society’s most pressing technological challenges. AeroVelo has focused on using human-powered vehicles as a teaching platform to demonstrate innovative and creative engineering and to challenge the general perception of the impossible. For 2014 AeroVelo has set its focus on high-speed aerodynamic bicycles with the goal of pushing the current human-powered land-speed record of 133.8 km/hr.

 

For general directions, please visit http://www.concordia.ca/maps/directions.html

 

DB Clarke Theatre, H Building

H – 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
Telephone (1) 514-987-3000 ext. 1609

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