Home-made helicopter

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[AdamK47]

It's nice to see what kind of projects our money is funding in Nigeria.

 

[Jugernot]

Am I the only one who wants to see video of the thing flying?

 

[SSSnail]

Not bad, not bad at all. I think it'll be much easier to create a flying car with folding blades than to create one with four turbines lifting it. Then once you land, fold the blades and transfer the power to ground power train and drive like a car.

 

[Ruptga]

If I read that right, the thing is 7 meters tall, maybe that's why it only flies 7 feet off the ground.

 

[halik]

ch..ch...ch...chopper?

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Am I the only one who wants to see video of the thing flying?

I was full prepared to see a vid. I even put in the headphones from my PC so i could listen.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Am I the only one who wants to see video of the thing flying?

No I was hoping for a link see it too.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
If I read that right, the thing is 7 meters tall, maybe that's why it only flies 7 feet off the ground.

Yeah, it says 7 meters high, but looking at the picture, how could that possibly be true?

12 feet x 7 feet x 5 feet looks about right, not 12 m x 7 m x 5 m

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
If I read that right, the thing is 7 meters tall, maybe that's why it only flies 7 feet off the ground.

Yeah, it says 7 meters high, but looking at the picture, how could that possibly be true?

12 feet x 7 feet x 5 feet looks about right, not 12 m x 7 m x 5 m

Well the man standing in the background is Nigerias largest man, at 4 metres high, by 2 metres wide. and 1 metres long.

 

[mwmorph]

It has never attained an altitude of more than seven feet.
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He hoped -- and still does hope -- that the Nigerian government and his wealthy compatriots would turn to him and stop placing orders with western manufacturers.

So far, however, government response to his chopper project has been underwhelming to say the least.
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"No one from the NCAA(Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) has come to see what I've done. We don't reward talent in this country," he lamented.
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But Abdullahi, undeterred, has started work on a new flying machine, which, he says, "will be a radical improvement on the first one in terms of sophistication and aesthetics."
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the helicopter will be a two-seater and Abdullahi calculates it will be able to fly at an altitude of 15 feet for three hours at a stretch.

:laugh: No wonder Nigeria still places orders with Bell and Sikorsky, at those altitudes, I believe the vehicle is called a "Hovercraft"

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

It has never attained an altitude of more than seven feet.
...
He hoped -- and still does hope -- that the Nigerian government and his wealthy compatriots would turn to him and stop placing orders with western manufacturers.

So far, however, government response to his chopper project has been underwhelming to say the least.
...
"No one from the NCAA(Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) has come to see what I've done. We don't reward talent in this country," he lamented.
...
But Abdullahi, undeterred, has started work on a new flying machine, which, he says, "will be a radical improvement on the first one in terms of sophistication and aesthetics."
...
the helicopter will be a two-seater and Abdullahi calculates it will be able to fly at an altitude of 15 feet for three hours at a stretch.

:laugh: No wonder Nigeria still places orders with Bell and Sikorsky, at those altitudes, I believe the vehicle is called a "Hovercraft"

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