Wu Zhongyuan, a 20-year-old farmer from China, cobbled this working helicopter together out of a pile of steel pipe, some Elm wood and a 150cc scooter engine using his high-school physics knowledge and researching the rest on the Web via his mobile phone.
The 20-year-old is confident that his home-made chopper, which cost him two months of work and about $1600 in parts, will take him as high as 2600 feet. The Chinese government, like us, isn’t so sure, and has grounded the machine, at least for the time being.
Aviation is as it is now with the help, and sometimes foolness, of lucky guys like him ! He lives his dream and that’s great!!!