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September 5, 2011 07:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AAQG7RD3V1w/First-Fully-Electric-Manned-Helicopter-Flight
First Fully Electric Manned Helicopter Flight
cylonlover writes "On August 12, electrical/aerospace engineer and helicopter pilot, Pascal Chretien, took to the sky in the world's first untethered, fully electric manned helicopter flight in a prototype machine that he designed and built almost entirely by himself within a 12-month development period. In his 2 minute, 10 second test flight, Chretien beat aviation giant Sikorsky into the record books — but it was not without significant risk. As the man himself puts it: 'in case of crash I stand good chances to end up in kebab form.'" 
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