Todd Reichert

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Todd Reichert
Geboren	1981/1982 (Jahre 41–42)
Beruf	Ingenieur, Unternehmer

Todd Reichert ist ein kanadischer Luftfahrt-Ingenieur und Athlet. Er ist Mitbegründer von Aerovelo.

Todd Reichert stellte am 19. September 2015 in Battle Mountain^[wp] mit 139,45 km/h einen neuen Rekord für Fahrräder auf.

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«Todd is entering the third year of his PhD at UTIAS, researching optimal kinematic strategies for flapping-wing propulsion. In addition to his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, Todd completed a minor in Cinema Studies and served as the president of the Engineering Society in 2004-2005. Todd has also worked at the National Research Council's Institute for Aerospace Research for several summers and has been a volunteer with the engine-powered ornithopter since 2004.»

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«Todd Reichert is a graduate from the University of Toronto[wp] Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). He credits U of T for allowing him to explore so many different interests, including film studies, athletics and flight. Reichert, from Saskatchewan, came to U of T "because it had the best aerospace program in the country." The University "provided so many opportunities to express my love of flight," he said. "It allowed us to go ahead with a random, crazy project."»

The world’s fastest human, Dr. Todd Reichert (center), with AeroVelo co-founder, Cameron Robertson (second from right), and the rest of the team posing with their world record setting speedbike Eta at the 2015 World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada.

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«Zunächst bauen die Jungs 2010 in Toronto den ersten muskel­getriebenen Ornithopter und Todd Reichert hält das Ding mit reiner Muskelkraft in der Luft. Damit hatte er den Traum vom menschlichen Vogelflug verwirklicht.»

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«Danach bauen die Jungs 2013 in Toronto den muskel­betriebenen Helikopter und Todd Reichert knackt damit nach 33 Jahren den Sikorskypreis (Preisgeld 250.000 €).»

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«2015 bauen die Jungs aus Toronto das schnellste Fahrrad der Welt und Todd Reichert knackt damit in Battle Mountain[wp] am 19.09. den Geschwindigkeits­rekord um Längen - fast 140 km/h!»

Siehe auch

• Wikipedia: Muskelkraft-Hubschrauber
• Wikipedia: AeroVelo Atlas
• Wikipedia: Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition

Netzverweise

• University of Toronto: Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson, Alumni Portrait (13. Dezember 2013) (Länge: 1:27 Min.)
• Rekord mit Muskelkraft: Radfahrer mit fast 140 km/h auf der Überholspur, ingenieur.de am 22. September 2015 (Nun ist zum ersten Mal ein Fahrradfahrer mit fast 140 km/h geblitzt worden. Stimmt nicht. Aber: Tatsächlich hat diesen sensationellen Geschwindigkeitsrekord ein Team aus Kanada beim World Human Powered Speed Challenge am Wochenende unweit der Stadt Battle Mountain im US-Bundesstaat Nevada aufgestellt.)
• Flugtechnik: Hubschrauber mit Muskelkraft, Süddeutsche Zeitung am 15. Juli 2013 (Mit reiner Muskelkraft wird das Fluggerät "Atlas" angetrieben. Für Überlandflüge taugt der Helikopter natürlich noch nicht. Aber seine Leistung ist so beeindruckend, dass seine Konstrukteure jetzt den mit 250.000 Dollar dotierten Sikorsky-Preis gewonnen haben.)
• Franziska Weiss: Fahrrad-Helikopter AeroVelo Atlas gewinnt Sikorsky-Preis, Engadget Deutschland am 13. Juli 2013
• Manuel Nitschke: Mit Muskelkraft betriebener Hubschrauber gewinnt Sikorsky-Preis, Heise am 12. Juli 2013
• Geoffrey Vendeville: Meet Eta, the world's fastest human-powered human vehicle, The Star am 21. November 2015 (A Canadian team run by U of T engineering grads set a world record of 139 km/h in September with a sleek-looking bike.)
• Canadian Team Claims $250.000 Prize for Human-Powered Helicopter, Wired am 7. November 2013 (THE CANADIAN AEROVELO team has done what many thought impossible. The crew has officially claimed the American Helicopter Society’s Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Prize. And for keeping their lightweight contraption afloat, the team was awarded $250,000 in Toronto for the flight it completed on June 13. But meeting the criteria of a 33-year-old challenge takes time, so they had to wait for verification from the Federation d’Aviation Intenationale before the team could snag the prize.)
• Canada’s AeroVelo breaks human-powered land speed record, Design Engineering am 18. September 2015 (Team captain Todd Reichert becomes world’s fastest human with 85mph run at Battle Mountain in the team’s Eta speed bike.)
• Michael Hodges: Meet Aerovelo: The fastest humans on the planet, 1. Oktober 2014 (This article was taken from the February 2015 issue of WIRED magazine.) (AeroVelo, an Ontario-based engineering team, have smashed the world speed record for a human-powered vehicle, hitting 85.71 MPH on a highway in Battle Mountain, Nevada, with their AeroVelo cycle. WIRED met the team months before the attempt to find out how they designed their way to a new world record. If Todd Reichert cannot regain control of his ultrafast bike, he will be cast at 120kph into the unforgiving rock and scrub that lies beside the highway in the Nevada desert.)
• Jeff Wise: Two Teams, One Dream: The Human-Powered Helicopter, 16. April 2013 (Want to win $250,000? Built a lightweight helicopter, pedal hard, and hover for 60 seconds. If that sounds easy, consider that no one has claimed the Sikorsky Prize in 32 years. But two teams are very, very close.)
• aerovelo.com - Human Powered - We Believe Humans Can Do The Impossible.
• Aerovelo's First Record Breaking Run in Human Powered Speed! (18. September 2015) (Länge: 2:43 Min.) (Aerovelo's Eta broke the Human Powered Speed Record on September 17th 2015 by going a speed of 85.71mph/137.93kph. Eta then broke that record on September 18th 2015 by going 86.50mph/139.21kph.)
• Brandon Griggs: The pioneers behind a human-powered helicopter, CNN am 17. Dezember 2013
• VisualUnity Presents Aerovelo's Eta (2. September 2015) (Länge: 6:56 Min.) (This video profiles Aerovelo's speed bike team in the 2014 World Human Powered Speed Challenge.)
• Aerovelo's First Record Breaking Run in Human Powered Speed! (18. September 2015) (Länge: 3:11 Min.)
• Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter - AHS Sikorsky Prize Flight (13. Juni 2013) (Länge: 1:45 Min.) (On June 13th, 2013, the AeroVelo Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter captured the long standing AHS Sikorsky Prize with a flight lasting 64.1 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres.)