Shanghaiist: Fancy your own personal flying machine?

shangpudi

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:27:11 +0800

The next Shanghai Daily title: "China becomes world's number one producer of homemade death trap". Half a year ago i read an article about "Number one producer of helicoptors" something something.

skyline5k

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:07:39 +0800

Oops... bad use of words. He didn't really "invent" anything. Let's just replace that with "build".

skyline5k

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:07:05 +0800

In that case, the question is, which did the guy invent for 20,000 RMB? I'll get to work on my own after I get back from vacation!

Les Izmore

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:26:32 +0800

The first machine is probably a gyrocopter, free rotating blades provide lift with a pusher propeller system. That's why it takes off by running along a road. He's taking his hands off the stick to show how stable it is. The second is definitely a different machine and it's a helicopter.

chocoball

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:42:40 +0800

Those videos are of 2 different machines. The first is a helicopter, while the second one is a fixed-wing airplane...a home-made ultralight of some kind.

BOSOX

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:45:28 +0800

The sticks seemed to shake an awful lot that he had keep his hands off of it from time to time. But hey, it's a flying machine no doubt!