Farmer dreams of making his own helicopter

[TWT]

Farmer dreams of making his own helicopeter - Xinhua | English.news.cn (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2014-03/16/c_133189872.htm)

Good on him.At least he's having a go !

[Wander00]

Dream or nightmare.................

[onetrack]

I'm presuming this infers that China doesn't exactly have an aviation authority equivalent to CASA?? :rolleyes:

I guess this also means, that the motorcycle shop that gave him his engineering qualifications, included the rider that they're easily modified to aviation engineering qualifications, as well? :)

[Hughes500]

Looks better built than an R22;)

[mattpilot]

Zimbabwe is way ahead of the chinese ...

Man Builds His Own Helicopter - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (1994) - YouTube

[jimf671]

Just to put my mind at rest, this is nowhere near the Avicopter factory, right?

[Wander00]

Adds a whole new meaning to "collective" (as in farm, right) - OK, forget it!

[Miklavz]

Well, I've seen simillar choppers - not self made but serial production (B212, B412, R22, LAMAs etc) on the field in 3rd world countries doing their everyday flying. Operated by EU companies.

[Nubian]

Let's not forget about the Hondacopter/Toyotacopter from Nigeria :D

http://media.techeblog.com/images/copter_1.jpg

More here:
Economy class: The remarkable ramshackle aircraft made by Africa's DIY aviators | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348222/Economy-class-The-remarkable-ramshackle-aircraft-Africas-DIY-aviators.html) :ok: