Tiny personal helicopter for those with a death wish
Posted in Tech/Sci News by Alex Sydell on February 5th, 2008
A video of an extremely small personal helicopter has surfaced. You just sit on a little chair under the helicopter and it takes you into the skies.
Although it looks incredibly fun to fly, the sound and look of those rotors right above your head means we won’t be getting on one anytime soon.
Video after the jump.
Tags: flight, helicopter, personal helicopter
February 6th, 2008 at 11:30 am
the same has the german luftwaffe in ww2
February 6th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Not very good,needs a lot more work done on it.
Hovering in “ground effect” is easy.
February 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I wonder, however, how high it can go. That’s what makes or breaks a “personal sized helicopter”.
February 6th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
If it could land on water, it wouldn’t need to get much altitude-
what a way to go fishin’
February 7th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Go Go Gadget Copter!
February 8th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
it’s an rc helicopter
being controlled by another guy
February 10th, 2008 at 7:38 am
So what if it’s an RC copter, you could just hold the remote in your hand and fly it yourself? A quick hack of the remote and you could have the controls on those little metal rods hanging down. Job done.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
They already have these:
as leif says:
Go Go Gadget Copter!
February 13th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I asked the pilot how long it had taken him to build it, and he said “Pardon?”
February 14th, 2008 at 9:47 am
If you put the blades about 10 feet up, with a platform for sitting or standing, and (if you noticed how he was guiding it, more like a hang glider) some way to grip the “legs” to control direction…
This wouldn’t be half bad…it would only have to get you 25-30 feet off the ground, and it won’t need a license to fly one…this could be a “quick and dirty” answer to traffic. ANd the thing is small enough to “park” it in a parking stall…
Not a half bad idea…
I wonder what MPG it gets…
March 6th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
yeah… pretty sure it’s not about to be adopted to escape traffic. sorry. drunk helicopter driving? air traffic? what about bad weather? it’s one of the coolest hobbies ever, but don’t be looking for a quick ride to work. I doubt it’s legal.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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February 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm