And I thought a Robinson was scary!

[steviejasp]

http://www.visordown.com/snippets/fzr600-deathtrap...

[bob1179]

Is that sort of thing even legal in the UK?

I think I'll just stand and watch...

[croyde]

Nice

[S7Paul]

bob1179 said:

I think I'll just stand and watch...

From a long way away! That thing looks lethal.

[bucksmanuk]

hmmm....
Is it one of those cases - just because you can build one - doesn't mean you should...?

[bridgdav]

I always thought Anne Robinson was scary.....

[Simpo Two]

Wouldn't like to be in it when the rubber band driving the tail rotor snaps. It would give a whole new meaning to 'autorotate'!

[FourWheelDrift]

I've watched A Helicopter is Born and Mark Evens spends a lot of time getting things balanced, angles correct and many other things that I would imagine that builder forgot.

Looks like those belts to the tail rotor could also easily clip off the cogs too.

[Tony2or4]

If you build any sort of aircraft in this country, I believe you have to keep getting it checked by a certified inspector at various specific stages of the build, and if any aspect doesn't meet certain standards then it won't be certified to fly. So I guess if it is indeed certified then it won't be the deathtrap it appears to be.

In some ways it doesn't look much flimsier than a microlight.

I could, of course, be wrong though. Mrs T says that sort of thing happens all the time.

[FourWheelDrift]

You can build anything that isn't certified to fly, you can leave that particular banana skin to the nutcase you sell it to for a couple of thousand pounds.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Helicopter-unique-single...

Notice this bit.

"Disclaimer!
This helicopter does not have type approval or a UK certificate of airworthiness. Therefore I am selling it as unairworthy as it would be both illegal and unsafe to fly without the proper certification."

1st tethered "flight" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLsyDTQMls

[dudleybloke]

bargain!!

whats the worst that could happen?

[wolves_wanderer]

FourWheelDrift said:

1st tethered "flight" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLsyDTQMls

That's about as high as I'd be happy to fly in that!

[Aizle]

fk that

[dr_gn]

Jesus...

[Simpo Two]

dr_gn said:

Jesus...

Close; that's the nut that holds the rotor on...

[FourWheelDrift]

3rd "Hover" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quK1iaqWtkQ

My hover mower hovers better than that.


Reminds me of these - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVmB2cAqGi4

[dr_gn]

Simpo Two said:

dr_gn said:

Jesus...

Close; that's the nut that holds the rotor on...

There must have come a point during the build process where he asked himself "Realistically...how am I going to feel when I end up trying to fly this thing?".

Full marks to the guy for seeing it through, but...jesus.

[jeebus]

What about this crazy Chinese guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnVCTDDNKEI

[Simpo Two]

jeebus said:

What about this crazy Chinese guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnVCTDDNKEI

He fly velly good!

[Tony2or4]

The chopper is called a Bug Mk 4.

I wonder what happened to Mks 1 to 3......