Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/569050_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) This past weekend, a team of Microsoft Employees - many from Windows - participated in the Red Bull Flugtag, a competition where teams from all over the world build human-powered flying machines, push them off a 30’ high dock, and see who can fly the farthest. The event was tons of fun and our Microsoft team worked their collective butts off building an amazing craft, putting in more than 1500 total hours in design, fabrication, construction, event planning, marketing and promotion. Check out this video to see if their craft actually took to flight! en Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:10 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:10 GMT Rev9 Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Can't help it: Windows Crashed! Hehe

posted by CKurt

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183568600000000 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:14:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183568600000000 CKurt Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) yes yes...we all saw that joke coming Smiley

posted by Laura10

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183583880000000 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:39:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183583880000000 Laura10 Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Looked like concrete block attached to a feather. Did somebody actually think it could fly?  

1500 hours for this?

The first images I saw didn't not have that heavy frame at the bottom and it looked very promising, elegant and lightweight. (just like many prototypes, huh?)

posted by ivan_

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183588710000000 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:47:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183588710000000 ivan_ Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Should have waited for the Service pack.

 

Its still cool they tried, maybe they can try again next year. Congrats anyway, looks like they had fun.

posted by Typhoon87

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183599330000000 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:05:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183599330000000 Typhoon87 Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Reminds me of that movie.... Failure To Launch Smiley

 

Not that any of this is serious competition, but isn't bringing your own scaffold to gain extra height kindof cheating anyway?

posted by rhm

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183770600000000 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:51:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183770600000000 rhm Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) I only really saw 1 thing fly.  Is the hidden joke of the event to just crash well?

posted by staceyw

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183807480000000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:52:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634183807480000000 staceyw Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) That was deeply embarrassing for all involved.

posted by PeteBassett

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184135980000000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:59:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184135980000000 PeteBassett Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Did she take a dive for the team? 

posted by encyclopedia

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184425010000000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:01:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184425010000000 encyclopedia Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Actually, there's a lot more to it than that...

 

 

 

...no there's not. Funny costumes, crazy contraptions, and spectacular failures. That's about it.

posted by kettch

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184438930000000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:24:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184438930000000 kettch Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) Staceyw, I think that's a fair assessment of this event - "Crashing well" is just as successful as actually flying for the FlugTag challenge. NASCAR anyone?

 

Congratulations to the Windows Phoenix team! You'll double your distance next year.

Brian

posted by briankel

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184443420000000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:32:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634184443420000000 briankel Re: Microsoft FlugTag takes Flight (Project Phoenix) posted by Shane Gorrell

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634209744340000000 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:20:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Microsoft-FlugTag-takes-Flight-formerly-Project-Phoenix#c634209744340000000 Shane Gorrell