Anyone who has ever piloted a chopper knows how difficult they are to fly. That young man is a maestro!!!! His landing was picture perfect and had total control the entire flight. As many others have stated already, I applaud his courage to actually get into that machine and fly like it was second nature. Simply incredible!! (I would have been dead in a millisecond.) Kudos.
I'm sure you wouldn't have been dead, possibly a destroyed mosquito helicopter though,😄...i.e.,before even attempting it, the least you would have known, is how to lower you collective, setting it back down, whether it be on it's side or upsidedown! Lol...
Yes Sir he got planty expirians in : from other helicopters maybe 🤔 R 22 or R 44 or Hughes 300 before he side in this one 100 % he do not started in this one to fly ... !
807 down votes.... People are you serious! Don't watch a video of a Man and his home designed and built 'copter if you're not going to at least applaud his design skills and dedication, not to mention his piloting prowess! Sometimes i just despair at some people lack of what used to make this world great... Simply doing something that makes you feel ALIVE! Sir, i applaud you.
100% agree with you, peoples that vote dow haven ' t enougth intelligence to understand the great work that there is behind the manufacturing of this elicopter. Mainly of the dow voter are gelous and stupid.
Everyone who is a good airplane pilot, the first time they fly a helicopter will be an event. I don't think anyone hovers successfully without a few tries. It's not stable, the first thing you show airplane pilots is the inherent stability of an airplane. You can take your hands off the controls with no problems. Do not take your hands off the controls of a light helicopter whatever you do! LOL Helicopters are very sensitive, and they have a little delay built in from action to reaction. This makes oscillations so easy to get into. You have to be real gentle, looking a little away from the helicopter at first helps, just slight pressures, and wait a tad for the result. Helicopter pilots look like they're sitting there and not doing anything. If you find yourself making big move in a helicopter, it's because you're fighting some wild oscillation, and you better hope your instructor is with you. This guy looks like he's got the hang of it.
@@gedgar2000 Si vede lontano un miglio, che il pilota è bravissimo e conosce la sua macchina volante meglio di se stesso..ma se si ossereva l'elicottero..si può notare che è perfetto...non vibra...risponde ai comandi con precisione, e vola con sicurezza...direi che è fantastico, sia l'elicottero che il suo pilota...è una meraviglia della tecnica aeronautica...complimenti al progettista e a il pilota...ne voglio uno pure io....;-)....(Almeno per vedere come lo hanno fatto)
I was given the opportunity to fly one of these in Florida (BTW it is NOT a builder design. It was designed by a professional engineer John Uptigrove). Looking at the thing I guessed that it would want to go to three different zip codes simultaneously in a hover. People watching me said they could see the whites of my knuckles from a distance of more than 100ft. WHAT a surprise. The thing did absolutely nothing I didn't tell it to do. It was the easiest to hover helicopter I had ever flown. Because of my history with 2 stroke motors on motorcycles, I only hover taxied the thing but I was blown away at the ease of control. I asked John how he achieved such a control response and he said "I don't know".
I saw ads in the back of Popular Science for plans to build these things and so on in high school and middle school, and wanted so much to build one and use it to go to high school and back.
nice to see someone on one of these contraptions actually fly instead of sit hovering just above the ground. must take some confidence and guts to do and not to mention a high level of skill. nice to watch thanks😎
Yeah when I watched him take off I was like holy shit the balls on this guy....I could imagine it being a rush like on a motorcycle going 100s of mph....nothing between you, the engine, and the road
Considering it's an uncertificated engine subject to "sudden stoppage" according to it's manufacturer, I get why people prefer to just hover around at low altitude...
I'm wondering if the guy in this video is still alive. I've been a pilot for 30 years and seen way too many fatalities, but the vast majority are folks like this who engage in aviation in an "unconventional way", often flying with equipment poorly designed and/or poorly maintained. The pilots often have no formal training. Add up all these factors and combine that with the awareness that flying is generally one of the most demanding activities humans can engage in, and you understand the seriousness of the circumstances.
Can you imagine leafblowing with that awkwardly heavy summbitch strapped to your back? They're typically about 1/10 the displacement of this rotax, and about 1/20th the engine block mass.
@@Tore_Lund yeah... The thing is, if you die on the Playstation, you get to press restart from last checkpoint...... This dude is trusting his LIFE to a fucking lawnmower engine!
@@anibaljuanleandro los planes de un helicoptero muy parecido que se llama Furia/Skylark se puede encontrar gratuitamente en linea. Solo tienes que hacer una busqueda para el PDF. Los motores Rotax de 2 cyclos no son muy baratos entre $5,000 a $6000 mas o menos. Algunos van con el motor Rotax 503 pero ese ya no se fabrica desde 2012 asi que la mayoria ya usan el Rotax 582.
OMG this has to be the best personal heli I have ever seen - it's beautiful. And what a pilot! I live in the UK and have always loved helicopters. I wish I had one of these and had somewhere like in the video to fly it. You guys are living a dream.. I can't think of anything to beat this.
@@frankfromupstateny3796 www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Mosquito-Ultralight-Helicopter_100912415.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normalList.143.5a8d2bc6rppdDN less than you think
I used to fly model helis many years ago. This looks and sounds just like one only just big enough to seat a person. This is amazing stuff! Very good pilot - loved watching the video :-)
I am so envious. I want one so badly 😭. Sir you have some mad piloting skills! You made that take off and landing look effortless. And we all know it is anything but! Hoorah!
awesome job, not only are you an amazing inventor, with some serious skills, but you have an incredible touch on the controls. Full of respect for you sir (and very jealous)
No seriously though, I have run a lot of air cooled 2 strokes, and if you don't have it jetted right, with the correct fuel mix, you run the real risk of piston scuffing, and seizure. Not chainsaws either, but 125 and 250cc vintage bikes. Some guys running these may not be as engine savvy as others, it just concerns me. And I see these are rotax snowmobile engines, so idk.
unless its built like shit the engine quitting should be survivable helicopters can trade altitude for rotor speed to keep it spinning fast enough to provide a controlled landing called an autorotation
To actually fly a craft you built yourself from homemade components is one of my life dreams!! I hope one day I'll get the drive and overall knowledge to be able to pull it off!!
Too Cool! Imagine some of the early aviation pioneers coming to the future and witnessing that. Anti-torque arrangement, m/r swashplate would be an ahah! moment but the real magic is 50hp from such a small light engine.
As one of the few surviving alumni of The Super Dave Osborne AutoChopper Academy, I’d salute your “courage” if I could still move a limb. My 3 minutes aloft, albeit over a parking lot, were among the highlights of my otherwise vapid life. Long- live(?) Icarus and all who dare to follow! PS: my hearing has never been the same either
Holy shit I'm a aircraft mechanic and certified welder with one of those rotax engines sitting in my garage I'm gonna go get a 12 pack and let you know how I make in a few weeks ! Hehe
I've never understood why so many welders feel the need to let the world know that they are welders. "Cup walker". Lol. I bet you have "weld life" stickers on your vehicle too. Edit: I don't see this with other skilled trades like machining, carpentry, etc...
@@dblackout1107I wish 200k a year ... its out there if you want it and can find it and never ever be at home ... .I only work for 6 to 7 months out the year and do what I please the rest of the year
Dan Black he probably does nuclear plant outages as do I as I am also a welder and with that said, then yes he does make that kind of money. It is not uncommon.
The counterweights are for his gigantic brass balls! That’s one of the Jenkiest flying contraptions I’ve ever seen and that hillbilly sounding man handled it with absolute control
Great control of that helicopter! *** Enjoyed it. 😎🆒Cool. Be safe man. That v light. Looks like fun flying it. What a rush it can be. Would be nice to fly it myself. Thanks.
What I like about this video is that someone actually flies the f!@$ing thing. everyone else just hovers 10 feet, moves to the left 10 feet, moves to the right 10 feet, and then plops it on the ground. Here.....someone actually got some air.
Eric G the plans I bought 25+ years ago, used 3 McCullough chain saw motors for power plants! The helicopter plans came with order blanks to order plans for homemade rocket copters, with the jets on the tips of the rotors!
@@georgepainter7364 My father used to bring Popular Science and Popular Mechanics from the US for me in the 80s and 90s, and I still remember those rocket copters! I wonder if anyone ever actually built one?
Chris was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Carolina. I learned this a few days ago. I've been watching his heli videos for years and was sad to find this out
Something about duct taping lead or steel weights right next to the tail rotor gives me a shiver. I can't keep my damaged turn signal taped to my truck reliably with duct tape.
I’m a retired Crash Officer, watching this gave me a slight tic. This driver is really talented. I would love to fly this thing, after I corrected the ballast retention system.
Needs a proper warm up so cylinder expands to working clearance. Asking for too much power too soon results in a hot piston and a cold cylinder. Known as a cold seize. It sounded as if this engine was already warm when started...notice how it immediately settled into a nice smooth idle when started....a cold 2 stroke motor won't do that.
Wooden frame, plastic chair from 1970 for a seat with no seat belt, yeah I'll pass. I'd rather fly a P51 Mustang or a Red-bull race plane long before a homemade sketch-o-copter.
@@golfmaniac007 the amazing power to weight ratio means that this helicopter unlike many others can actually do autorotations relatively safely with no damage to the craft meaning there's enough energy stored in the rotor disc that even with the complete engine failure you can land safely in most circumstances
Anyone who has ever piloted a chopper knows how difficult they are to fly. That young man is a maestro!!!! His landing was picture perfect and had total control the entire flight. As many others have stated already, I applaud his courage to actually get into that machine and fly like it was second nature. Simply incredible!! (I would have been dead in a millisecond.) Kudos.
If you have ever flown a RC helicopter this one is a piece of cake.
I'm sure you wouldn't have been dead, possibly a destroyed mosquito helicopter though,😄...i.e.,before even attempting it, the least you would have known, is how to lower you collective, setting it back down, whether it be on it's side or upsidedown! Lol...
fr i would probably jump right out of the seat because of the hype and die
@@reivanen wrong
Yes Sir he got planty expirians in : from other helicopters maybe 🤔 R 22 or R 44 or Hughes 300 before he side in this one 100 % he do not started in this one to fly ... !
807 down votes.... People are you serious! Don't watch a video of a Man and his home designed and built 'copter if you're not going to at least applaud his design skills and dedication, not to mention his piloting prowess! Sometimes i just despair at some people lack of what used to make this world great... Simply doing something that makes you feel ALIVE! Sir, i applaud you.
It's more of pre plans available by mosquito organization
He did do a great job of building and flying it so my hats off in th wind from it. Ha
Well said. Thank you for pointing this out too.
Haters gonna hate
100% agree with you, peoples that vote dow haven ' t enougth intelligence to understand the great work that there is behind the manufacturing of this elicopter. Mainly of the dow voter are gelous and stupid.
So satisfying to watch. Skilled pilot, solid engineering.
Always a good start when the pilot is wearing a GROUND CREW t shirt
That young man makes that look so easy and I know it's not.... Just shows real talent.. Great flying
Everyone who is a good airplane pilot, the first time they fly a helicopter will be an event. I don't think anyone hovers successfully without a few tries. It's not stable, the first thing you show airplane pilots is the inherent stability of an airplane. You can take your hands off the controls with no problems. Do not take your hands off the controls of a light helicopter whatever you do! LOL Helicopters are very sensitive, and they have a little delay built in from action to reaction. This makes oscillations so easy to get into. You have to be real gentle, looking a little away from the helicopter at first helps, just slight pressures, and wait a tad for the result. Helicopter pilots look like they're sitting there and not doing anything. If you find yourself making big move in a helicopter, it's because you're fighting some wild oscillation, and you better hope your instructor is with you. This guy looks like he's got the hang of it.
@@gedgar2000 Si vede lontano un miglio, che il pilota è bravissimo e conosce la sua macchina volante meglio di se stesso..ma se si ossereva l'elicottero..si può notare che è perfetto...non vibra...risponde ai comandi con precisione, e vola con sicurezza...direi che è fantastico, sia l'elicottero che il suo pilota...è una meraviglia della tecnica aeronautica...complimenti al progettista e a il pilota...ne voglio uno pure io....;-)....(Almeno per vedere come lo hanno fatto)
@@musky814 how you know gerardo speaks italian?
U r rt. I crashed many copters due to delayed reaction of controls while playing GTA.
No helmet, fire gear, just sun glasses.
Rolando Crisostomo I’m not even sure I saw some sort of seat belt either!
@@afterburner2869 Saw him fastening something when he got in,I mean on, the machine.
Mike Dunn Now I see it. He fastened something when he got on his helicopter. Got on his helicopter , lol!!!
Great skills! Smooth as silk for a landing. Amazing to watch. Must be a pro. No rookie can fly like that.
@billyfromtheusa The one in that movie was an autogyro. They need wheels because they take off like a plane.
He should be awarded the very best of medals ever for an absolutely perfect and courageous helicopter pilot !!!
Excellent flying. I have been wanting one of these forever.
I was given the opportunity to fly one of these in Florida (BTW it is NOT a builder design. It was designed by a professional engineer John Uptigrove). Looking at the thing I guessed that it would want to go to three different zip codes simultaneously in a hover. People watching me said they could see the whites of my knuckles from a distance of more than 100ft. WHAT a surprise. The thing did absolutely nothing I didn't tell it to do. It was the easiest to hover helicopter I had ever flown. Because of my history with 2 stroke motors on motorcycles, I only hover taxied the thing but I was blown away at the ease of control. I asked John how he achieved such a control response and he said "I don't know".
this was literally my childhood dream!
Well done sir!
don'na fuck the brain, pal, and let build the youre self vertoflighter, mfk'a!
far cry 4 irl 😂
And rust lol
I saw ads in the back of Popular Science for plans to build these things and so on in high school and middle school, and wanted so much to build one and use it to go to high school and back.
I want to have my greatest teacher, who always guides and supports me in making helicopters
Amazing pilot skills, you make it look easy!
nice to see someone on one of these contraptions actually fly instead of sit hovering just above the ground. must take some confidence and guts to do and not to mention a high level of skill. nice to watch thanks😎
Yeah when I watched him take off I was like holy shit the balls on this guy....I could imagine it being a rush like on a motorcycle going 100s of mph....nothing between you, the engine, and the road
He's got ear plugs in his ears, I could see them at the end..and a helmet ain't gonna help him if he crashes!
The ones you see hovering off the ground are testing/training.
Bom dia ! O projeto desse helicóptero vc vende o projeto ???
Considering it's an uncertificated engine subject to "sudden stoppage" according to it's manufacturer, I get why people prefer to just hover around at low altitude...
Nice piloting skills. But I would definitely recommend hearing protection.
And a helmet, omg.
Whaat?!
Don’t forget knee pads and a card in the spokes
@@robdobson6413 HE'D RECOMMEND A BEER FOR PERFECTION!
Yes mother.
this is the sketchiest way to fly that i'm currently aware of
Yeah....lol. I was thinkin' the same thing. Looks REAL safe. Holy shit.
Why don't girls do this more often?
I'm wondering if the guy in this video is still alive. I've been a pilot for 30 years and seen way too many fatalities, but the vast majority are folks like this who engage in aviation in an "unconventional way", often flying with equipment poorly designed and/or poorly maintained. The pilots often have no formal training. Add up all these factors and combine that with the awareness that flying is generally one of the most demanding activities humans can engage in, and you understand the seriousness of the circumstances.
@@guymerritt4860 Thanks for the update- and sorry to hear this. Condolences to the family.
@guy Merritt for a dead guy he's doing good at uploading videos recently.
OMG that was the first time I've actually seen someone actually fly something like that around...huge balls to get that skilled!
15 lbs of ballast to offset the weight of his balls. This Dude has some skills!
Can you imagine leafblowing with that awkwardly heavy summbitch strapped to your back?
They're typically about 1/10 the displacement of this rotax, and about 1/20th the engine block mass.
Lo fucking l
Es genial fácil barato y muy estable. Eso vale la pena
Looks like that guy deleted his message about "flying with a leafblower engine".
His balls work as gyros didnt you know
215 lbs he says... Must have some anti gravity underwear or something to counteract his 1000lbs balls! Bravo, man! Bravo!
This is the exact one from Farcry, except it has no vertical tail fins.
@@Tore_Lund yeah... The thing is, if you die on the Playstation, you get to press restart from last checkpoint...... This dude is trusting his LIFE to a fucking lawnmower engine!
🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁👍That comment is too funny, but, that's true!
I love the comments. Anti gravity underwear. Lmao
I was like "Oh that's cool" as he circled around. Then he flew away and I literally gasped out loud.
Ho Melo vende el manual
Porque yo lo fabricó
Yo.soy.mecanico..del helicoptero
@@josecastro6594 Podría venderme los planos para hacerme uno?
@@josecastro6594 very good
@@anibaljuanleandro los planes de un helicoptero muy parecido que se llama Furia/Skylark se puede encontrar gratuitamente en linea. Solo tienes que hacer una busqueda para el PDF. Los motores Rotax de 2 cyclos no son muy baratos entre $5,000 a $6000 mas o menos. Algunos van con el motor Rotax 503 pero ese ya no se fabrica desde 2012 asi que la mayoria ya usan el Rotax 582.
OMG this has to be the best personal heli I have ever seen - it's beautiful. And what a pilot! I live in the UK and have always loved helicopters. I wish I had one of these and had somewhere like in the video to fly it. You guys are living a dream.. I can't think of anything to beat this.
Very simple technique, relialble engine, skilled pilot - hovering perfect! My compliments,well done! Gilbert, high-mountain rescue pilot ret.
"This, 007, is Little Nellie. Do try to bring her back in one piece.."
HippyRich FPV I said bring her back in one piece, not bring back one piece.
RIP Desmond Llewellyn
Little nellie was/is a gyrocopter. What you see here is a helicopter.
Correction, that helo is clearly carrying 430lbs because he clearly has 200lbs steel balls lol
True, lolz.
No le vi casco, Ni cinturón de seguridad, Ni nada, No le pone precio a su vida.. 🧐🧐🧐
I used to have snowmobile's with Rotax engines. Love the way they rev up.
That thing looks sketchy as hell. I want one!
Laugh. me too.
Gentleman...how much would such a machine cost please? How much training is required, and costs associated?
I'm gonna guess...25k, inclusive.
@@frankfromupstateny3796 www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Mosquito-Ultralight-Helicopter_100912415.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normalList.143.5a8d2bc6rppdDN
less than you think
Ok 3,500-4,000 bucks! Not bad👍
magic man western union money transfer? Who’s dumb enough to fall for that?
I used to fly model helis many years ago. This looks and sounds just like one only just big enough to seat a person. This is amazing stuff! Very good pilot - loved watching the video :-)
Imagine if the Wright brothers could see that !!
Patent lawsuits, for sure.
Santos Dumont
They would think the fella is crazy to try and fly in such a mickey mouse contraption...
Santos Dumont, the real inventor
engine merk apa ?
All that was missing from this clip was the loudspeaker playing Ride of the Valkyries. That was pretty cool.
Absolutely terrifying..and completely dangerous....absurdly risky..AND TOTALLY BRILLIANT. He has what we call, 'the minerals'...
When you say minerals are you referring to stones , family jewels , or testicals?
@@vasilipanin8978 sperm juice
Dude just took off in a cafeteria chair...
Y we TV 🐩💄💄
🤣
Out of all the comments so far this one made me cry with laughter . . So funny . . Great comment
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You killed me.
@@toddpnewton I know bro funniest comment ever . . I cried laughing
That's awesome! You trust your gear alot my friend.
Okay, now I have seen everything. Fabricate one of these from exotic, lightweight materials and you've really got something. Well done.
amazing, this is a super light helicopter that I ever imagined in my childhood and now they made it. I really want to get one
I am so envious. I want one so badly 😭. Sir you have some mad piloting skills! You made that take off and landing look effortless. And we all know it is anything but! Hoorah!
awesome job, not only are you an amazing inventor, with some serious skills, but you have an incredible touch on the controls. Full of respect for you sir (and very jealous)
Oh my!!! That manuevering and landing is top of the art !!!!
عبقري
Something about a high strung 2 stroke always running near 100% on a hot day just makes me nervous. Especially in a lawnchair 1500 feet in the air.
@anonMS dawg definitely not a rotary. It's a 2 stroke
@Mark Magoo ha!
No seriously though, I have run a lot of air cooled 2 strokes, and if you don't have it jetted right, with the correct fuel mix, you run the real risk of piston scuffing, and seizure. Not chainsaws either, but 125 and 250cc vintage bikes. Some guys running these may not be as engine savvy as others, it just concerns me. And I see these are rotax snowmobile engines, so idk.
Ryan had same thought !
Hi altitude, engine seizure = meet Jesus moment
No surviving a crash in that !
unless its built like shit the engine quitting should be survivable helicopters can trade altitude for rotor speed to keep it spinning fast enough to provide a controlled landing called an autorotation
Impressive little machine and a great pilot. Cool vid!
He has great piloting skills
And also wearing safety glasses on his ears
No need double ear protection👍👍
To actually fly a craft you built yourself from homemade components is one of my life dreams!! I hope one day I'll get the drive and overall knowledge to be able to pull it off!!
Started as a "Hold my beer" ended as a "Just stand back. I got this." You deserve a medal.
When did harbor freight start selling helicopters? And does it come with a free LED flashlight?
Wait for Pittsburgh tools to release the chinook ... it's a better value overall
@@elfkind5590 Yea I already have that one. Came with some sweet microfibers to keep it nice and clean. 20% off too.
LOL
YOUR ALL JUST JEALOUS YOU CAN'T FLY. LOL
@@craigkerr9281 I think its more that it's a death machine that if you crash your 10/10 gonna die lol.
This is the worst idea I have ever seen. Please direct me to your office of sales so I may purchase one for myself.
@John Doe you just complained about a joke on TH-cam comments
By the looks of it, isle 3, 5, 9 and 12 at home depot should have you just about covered. Good luck!
thats Hilarious...order me one to...
@John Doe and you just commented about a commenter that commented about a commenter that was complaining about another commenters joke- next.....
@Max Power The comments are more amusing than any video I've seen all day!!!
That was excellent!
Well, that sure as hell wasn’t his first helicopter ride.
When he first landed, how many others were saying to themselves: "DON'T STAND UP!" ... :)
I was saying the opposite to myself
I want come in your country
@@topgmotiv8tion bruh wtf is wrong with you
Aku
@@faisalallinone3478
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Nothing like an open helicopter with a pull start motor
ikr
He gets all the chicks!!!🐓😎😂
Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a lot of fun.
Such smooth flying.
Too Cool! Imagine some of the early aviation pioneers coming to the future and witnessing that. Anti-torque arrangement, m/r swashplate would be an ahah! moment but the real magic is 50hp from such a small light engine.
Nice. Very nice. The take off is not even shaky, it's so smooth. I wish there was a step by step manual book on how I can DIY this mosquito copter
My boi rockin the rust mini
As one of the few surviving alumni of The Super Dave Osborne AutoChopper Academy, I’d salute your “courage” if I could still move a limb.
My 3 minutes aloft, albeit over a parking lot, were among the highlights of my otherwise vapid life.
Long- live(?) Icarus and all who dare to follow!
PS: my hearing has never been the same either
Angolan airforce has just placed an order for 10 of these. Fast attack squadron
i bet a hotel room in luanda dwarves the cost of one in your home town.... angolas rich, super rich... its concentrated though
Lol! Weld two together and you have an angolan chinook
The houthis in yemen would take the whole middle east with a squadron of these!
Flintstone would refuse to ride on this one.
Russia will beat them to it for their new military helicopter squadren, lol
My god! Blades, frame, and fuel tanks. No fear, godless.
plus there are no seatbelt
@@iss993ita5 He clearly buckles on a seatbelt at 2:01... He might be sitting in the center of a food processor, but at least he's strapped in.
yes and he also needs a tow hook for hauling heavy loads! lol
PETROL FUNNY
Absolutely brilliant!
Excelente projeto, resumido e eficaz, parabéns.
Holy shit I'm a aircraft mechanic and certified welder with one of those rotax engines sitting in my garage I'm gonna go get a 12 pack and let you know how I make in a few weeks ! Hehe
I've never understood why so many welders feel the need to let the world know that they are welders. "Cup walker". Lol. I bet you have "weld life" stickers on your vehicle too.
Edit: I don't see this with other skilled trades like machining, carpentry, etc...
@@heraclitus6100 yeah your right I'm proud of what I am :) I'll keep making my 4000 dollars a week welding pipe and being paid for my skilled trades
Cup Walker 4000 a week? You have a 200k+ salary as a welder? Are you deep sea? Otherwise I don't see it
@@dblackout1107I wish 200k a year ... its out there if you want it and can find it and never ever be at home ... .I only work for 6 to 7 months out the year and do what I please the rest of the year
Dan Black he probably does nuclear plant outages as do I as I am also a welder and with that said, then yes he does make that kind of money. It is not uncommon.
I got mad respect for this guy I want one of these
I don't think if its healthier to have it, it might decapitate you.....
Said Matola you mean "safer"
Just lovely, that thing has amazing stability given it's simplicity and size.
Massive respect for fulfilling your goals.
That had to be one very rewarding flight. It did look simple to fly but I've heard they're not. Anyway, my hat's off to all concerned! Great work!
Extremely difficult - don't even try on a breezy day ....
Perfect flight, perfect landing, accidentally stands up at the end!
The counterweights are for his gigantic brass balls! That’s one of the Jenkiest flying contraptions I’ve ever seen and that hillbilly sounding man handled it with absolute control
The fact that it's so stable ......Just WOW! 👍
It has a nice design and it flies very smoothly.
Sir, I love aviation but would not have the cojones to fly your lovely machine. I applaud your bravado! And oh yes awesome piloting skills!
He's a legend of epic proportions, but I bet he feels relieved every time that thing is back on the ground.
Really cool kit .
Someone send this video to those African aviation people. Those aircrafts are scary lol
I thought the same thing when I saw it.. lol
bloo Z "We're SURE the Gods Are Crazy"
(Ref, The Gods Must Be Crazy II featured an ultralight)
But those african aircraft don’t fly
@@johnsmith4630 about as well as a toilet.
Eh!eh! I am an africain !
Great control of that helicopter! ***
Enjoyed it. 😎🆒Cool. Be safe man. That v light. Looks like fun flying it. What a rush it can be.
Would be nice to fly it myself.
Thanks.
Skill, knowledge,and determination equals success. Well done.
imagine bringing this back to the 18th century,they will be like damn
Absolutely smegging brilliant! I would personally be wearing a helmet of some description, if only to defend against the bug strikes 😃😆😎
This is the best thing I will never have 😩, but thanks for posting!
Great pilot and sweet little chopper
What I like about this video is that someone actually flies the f!@$ing thing. everyone else just hovers 10 feet, moves to the left 10 feet, moves to the right 10 feet, and then plops it on the ground. Here.....someone actually got some air.
That will surely get up and out of the horde of zombies
Adultvidoes
For those curious... Plans to make one of these can be found in the back of any Popular Mechanics magazines 😎
Eric G the plans I bought 25+ years ago, used 3 McCullough chain saw motors for power plants! The helicopter plans came with order blanks to order plans for homemade rocket copters, with the jets on the tips of the rotors!
@@georgepainter7364 My father used to bring Popular Science and Popular Mechanics from the US for me in the 80s and 90s, and I still remember those rocket copters! I wonder if anyone ever actually built one?
Ahhh, The Kestral by Vortech was the jet powered ultralight helicopter. I’ve wanted to have one since I was a kid. I still want one 😀
Right by the sea monkeys and xray vision glasses?
Definitely a great piece of flying.
Love this video bro! Haha. We need more videos of this guy and the whole experience.
Man, with most of the things we make now I'm surprised that we haven't made working wings for us 😂
I moved my head away from the screen at the end to stay away from the blades.
All the pilot has to do is raise his hand over his head and it's gone.
Great skill. Huge balls.
Smart move, most other viewers didn't.....
Perfect design and controls
Chris was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Carolina. I learned this a few days ago. I've been watching his heli videos for years and was sad to find this out
Something about duct taping lead or steel weights right next to the tail rotor gives me a shiver. I can't keep my damaged turn signal taped to my truck reliably with duct tape.
Bro, you have to use the good tape
I’m a retired Crash Officer, watching this gave me a slight tic. This driver is really talented. I would love to fly this thing, after I corrected the ballast retention system.
@Commentor1 the ballast retention system appears to be duct tape. No sketchier than the rest of the machine, driver.
If i ask you where he is brought from the engine
When he did the first circuit of the landing pad after takeoff I was going, " Yikes! Yo, camera man: BAAACK UUUP!!!!".
Bill's helicopter is really cool!🚁
Retired Warrant Officer, that was super cool. Join, you'll love Flying the big rotors.
Damn more IQ in this video than all of Africa combined.
Actually there's more IQ in the guys left nut than all of Africa combined
Engine warmup.
Not needed with this baby. Start and go
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2 stroke.
I noticed that
Needs a proper warm up so cylinder expands to working clearance. Asking for too much power too soon results in a hot piston and a cold cylinder. Known as a cold seize. It sounded as if this engine was already warm when started...notice how it immediately settled into a nice smooth idle when started....a cold 2 stroke motor won't do that.
We can only assume it'd already been running
Nice experimental. Sweet piloting skills. Brave to fly it with nowhere to land but trees. Damn it, now I want one.
the guy is so confident that he 's not even wearing a helmet or boots. Absolutely great !
O cara pilota muito !! Fera da aviação!!
Dunno. Looks like my rooftop antenna 🤣
amazing workmanship
Holy crap, that's awesome!
Who......in their' right mind....would NOT WANT TO DO THIS?! I think all men would want to do this.
not me. what happens if an engine part goes out? not like you can glide down. putting trust on a part not going out is not enticing.
Wooden frame, plastic chair from 1970 for a seat with no seat belt, yeah I'll pass. I'd rather fly a P51 Mustang or a Red-bull race plane long before a homemade sketch-o-copter.
Want? Yes, absolutely! But I doubt I could grow my testicles to the required 1000 pounds.....
Anyone want to "hire me...to fly these machines: selling them, teaching about them, interacting with them?"
@@golfmaniac007 the amazing power to weight ratio means that this helicopter unlike many others can actually do autorotations relatively safely with no damage to the craft meaning there's enough energy stored in the rotor disc that even with the complete engine failure you can land safely in most circumstances
I know it's been engineered correctly and all, but everything about this rig says, "Kill me!"
what?
@@updatedotexe He was putting enphasis on how it looks so unsafe.
Hey man you are a good pilot and thanks for the video
Fantastic machine and pilot. I don’t want one but I appreciate the passion.