What can hover in mid - atmosphere , earth on air or urine , carry 50 survivor , have a thousand - mil range , hit 345 mph , and even put out flame ? The succeeder of a NASA competition for college - student engineers .
Ten students from Virginia Tech advance theNASA Aeronautics Amphibious Tilt Rotor for Civilian Operations Competition — a mouthful of a contest frequent by NASA ’s Aeronautics Mission Directorate that field entries from more than 100 college students from all over the macrocosm .
And the achiever are :
1st property : V.T.R.A.F.T. Concept , Virginia Polytechnic Institute
2nd place : CAESAR Concept , Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Liverpool
3rd place : AVATR Soterion Concept , University of Virginia
Honorable mention : Geryon concept , Ohio State University
Honorable Mention : The Pelican conception , Trine University
( ViaPhysOrg )
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