Comments on: Chinese Farmer Builds Homemade Helicopter

By: enx

enx — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:11:30 +0000

i don’t really believe this stuff will fly but i guess there might be some thing going on with the Chinese

By: jm1656

jm1656 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:29:28 +0000

hey, i have this bridge i have been itching to sell…..

By: daddymak

daddymak — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:31:50 +0000

Somehow I doubt the Chinese government is worried about his safety, more likely he’s too much of a free thinker.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:12:52 +0000

After reviewing this case again, I think the Chinese government has every reason to get nervous- This dude is not the first one by a long shot and he certainly won’t be the last that builds something to lift off the face of this planet. Especially the Chinese always have been incredibly good at inventing stuff and using it as if it were nothing. Before you know it, every Chinese who ever tinkered with the Chinese equivalents of Lego or Meccano and who has seen even one single picture of the inner works of aircraft, builds one behind the chickens and tries to take off. And if only 10% of 1 billion(?) Chinese do that… Well, immagine the mess that Chinese traffic-control faces then…

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:25:03 +0000

True, but it’s a lot smaller! That little engine looks like a 250cc, so 40hp is probably around right.

By: vonskippy

vonskippy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:07:10 +0000

@skipweasel.

Sikorsky’s first cyclic control helicopter was the VS300 and had a three-blade 28ft rotor and a 75hp motor (which was soon upgraded to a 90hp motor).

I’m pretty sure the Chinese dream machine doesn’t come close to either of those spec’s.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:21:42 +0000

I like the little caster wheels that look like they came off an old shopping cart

By: TimO

TimO — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:54:49 +0000

He’s got a nice fantasy toy, but it’ll never get off the ground (well, it might flop over just enough to spray shrapnel across those neighbors croweded around….)

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:34:09 +0000

Compare the power output of a modern motorcycle engine to the units Sikorski and his contemoporaries were using and it’s probably possible.

I just love the idea of the Chinese government getting upset about safety.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:03:19 +0000

How do you mean Fail…?
I go to Mars and the outer planets every night in my Dreamship…!

By: bubba2468

bubba2468 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:02:56 +0000

This looks like something the professor on Gilligan’s Island would have built!

By: konaha

konaha — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:23:34 +0000

if it is even possible, he needs to buy a parachute man.. flimsy piece of equipment..

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:24:15 +0000

Yeah this is probably a hoax. Given the weight and what the rotors are made of, I doubt it gets off the ground. If it does, there is the problem of control — I doubt there is a way for the pilot to adjust the tail rotor speed, or to change the attitude of the rotors. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen..

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:56:37 +0000

That has FAIL (bùjigé) written all over it.

Small motor, small rotor, no cyclic control, heavy frame, and a clueless designer/pilot. I wonder why the Chinese government is worried.

By: Øyvind

Øyvind — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:08:26 +0000

I was going to call hoax on this one.
But on second thought, I’m gonna call it Awesome instead!