Personal helicopter lifts you above the rest


Is this really the world's smallest personal helicopter? Your guess is as good as ours, still it looks like a pretty cool way to avoid the morning rush if you don't mind burning a hole in your scalp. Watch the video!

A Personal Helicopter Can Lift You Up - [via], Link



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Posted by: FlyBoy on February 12, 2008 at 7:43 AM

Not only the world's smallest helicopter, but arguably one of the simplest powered aircraft of any kind. I don't think I'd like to fly it any higher than that pilot did, though.


Posted by: Wow! on February 12, 2008 at 7:53 AM

What an asshole!

Cool idea but WTF?

You could kill yourself.


Posted by: O on February 12, 2008 at 7:53 AM

I wouldn't like to be there when the accident happens.


Posted by: johnrdupree on February 12, 2008 at 8:03 AM

Why is he an --hole? For making a kick-ass personal helicopter? I'm sure he understands the risks and its not like he's holding a gun to your head to fly it. How about congratulating the man for his ingenuity and stop being a such a safety-crat crybaby. Sheesh.


Posted by: Michael on February 12, 2008 at 8:18 AM

This is awesome, any more details on it?

And uh, you could kill yourself getting out of the shower...it's time to come out of your bubble.


Posted by: Perry Jones on February 12, 2008 at 10:36 AM

If this is legit, it's awesome.

Making an informed decision to risk your own life does not make you an asshole. I'm sure everyone involved in this video and everyone within a hundred yards was well aware of the risks.


Posted by: Nick on February 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM

Go Go Gadget Copter!


Posted by: skulldriveshaft on February 12, 2008 at 3:17 PM

That is one giant step ahead of anything we've seen so far - beats those personal jet packs by a mile.

The ingredients of an ultra-light craft simplified.

But in the end this thing still requires massive ground clearance of surroundings, personally owned and cleared landing areas.

Would it be possible to create a shield around the rotors to cover their maximum extension? Would it be possible to retain the pitch and yaw control with that shield?

This kinda puts the spotlight on the mythbusters attempt with a dual rotor mock up with a small engine - over complicated beyond belief.

I gotta say it again, that's one amazing machine.


Posted by: Darwin on February 12, 2008 at 8:04 PM

This guy better watch out or he could become a candidate for the Dawin Awards. Haha.

I'd like to see that thing go higher than 8 feet off the ground.

Does anyone know its projected range? How much fuel can it hold?


Posted by: Greg on February 12, 2008 at 10:46 PM

Nice how the blades are so conveniently at face and neck height.


Posted by: aubz on February 13, 2008 at 3:50 AM

As with most home-made helicopters it doesn't seem to be able to escape ground effect.


Posted by: Myron on February 13, 2008 at 10:37 AM

Didn't the nerds on mythbusters try to make a personal helicopter and fail miserably? Nerds, pahshaw!


Posted by: exogenous on December 9, 2008 at 4:27 PM

ground effect

aubz, you don't know what you're talking about. ground effect ends at about one rotor diameter. he's out of ground effect on the ground.


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