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Hello from Canada - Building the World's Fastest Bicycle

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AeroVelo	AeroVelo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 3, Visits: 20	Hi everyone, Myself and a team of engineering students from Toronto are building a bicycle to reach 145 km/h (90 MPH) on level ground, and break the World Human-Powered Speed Record. The team has had a great deal of experience with composites including the human-powered helicopter that won the Sikorsky prize and the world's first human-powered ornithopter. We're always learning and developing new techniques and think this is a pretty awesome forum. If you're interested in our project check us out here: http://kck.st/TA2uX6 Tags Bicycle Human-Powered WHPSC World Record
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carbonfibreworks	carbonfibreworks posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 292, Visits: 4.5K	Nice work man with no name. Chris Carbon fibre works ltd
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AeroVelo	AeroVelo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 3, Visits: 20	Haha thanks Chris! My name is Alex, and our team is called AeroVelo. (www.aerovelo.com)
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	Thats a cool project you guys are working on! best of luck with your Kickstarter campaign! Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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Dravis	Dravis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	Hi Alex, Awesome project, and reaching high!! Still can't imagine the helicopter flying only under the power of a single human... I would really like to donate a small sum to your project, but since I do not "Do" Facebbok, that does not seem possible, judging from your project page... Is there any other way to donate to the project? I would like to donate enough to get your patch, that would look cool on my leathers, I think "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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AeroVelo	AeroVelo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 3, Visits: 20	Dravis (30/06/2014) Hi Alex, Awesome project, and reaching high!! Still can't imagine the helicopter flying only under the power of a single human... I would really like to donate a small sum to your project, but since I do not "Do" Facebbok, that does not seem possible, judging from your project page... Is there any other way to donate to the project? I would like to donate enough to get your patch, that would look cool on my leathers, I think Thanks for your interest Dravis! Indeed, seeing the helicopter take off and climb to 3 metres was an incredible sight. It should be possible to donate through the Kickstarter page without signing into Facebook (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1156290643/eta-be-a-part-of-building-the-worlda-fastest-bike). If you still can't find a way to donate, let me know. The patches are totally worth it! This is how they turned out for the Atlas Helicopter project:
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Dravis	Dravis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	Done... Donated $25 CAD to the project ... Now go do it "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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