New homebuilt chopper...
 

...airborn in Russia


First flight photo


Description and more photos

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twistair What is the engine?

It's name is VAZ-2110. Russian automotive 4-stroke inliner used in "Lada" cars. Pretty heavy but costs nothing and works stable enough.
Nick built this bird at VERY low budget - this is the reason for engine choice

Is'nt this just how Igor got mobile and eventually into much bigger things?

Just one question, has anything been tested!

Peter R-B:cool:

From my experience with Lada engine and their reliability I think they should stay on ground....:p

My mum learned how to adjust her own timing chain on our Lada. It became so expensive to constantly run it down to the shop...she had no choice.
I take my hat off to these guys.
VERY brave. :)

Well they have to test the autorotational characteristics somehow, right?;)