Made in Cambodia: What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Homemade Airplane?

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Re: Made in Cambodia: What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Homemade Airplane?

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Great find General :thumb:
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fully agree. Even if it remains a dream to them, they will have tried. :thumb:
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Bertros wrote:looks like it's made of trash cans and old Freon canisters!

how long before we see an article/TV clip that the chap has been done in?

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OKW wrote:fully agree. Even if it remains a dream to them, they will have tried. :thumb:
Someone should tell that farmer that someone beat him to it before he kills himself.

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:thumb: :D :thumb:
General Mackevili wrote:
OKW wrote:fully agree. Even if it remains a dream to them, they will have tried. :thumb:
Someone should tell that farmer that someone beat him to it before he kills himself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
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it's too heavy and the wing chord is too narrow
not a good choice of engine
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Pretty amazing to see in Cambodia.

I used to be employed by a toy airplane company. I was catching a ride home once from the Mongolian desert. We crashed and had to build a single engine plane before bandits killed us.

I can confirm this plane could fly.
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"I used to be employed by a toy airplane company. I was catching a ride home once from the Mongolian desert. We crashed and had to build a single engine plane before bandits killed us."

You worked in a toy airplane company somewhere in the Mongolian Desert? More details please. Harrison Ford could use a new script.
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No, I was just traveling and ended up at a mining base. I hitched a ride on a plane, but it crashed.

We had to turn the two engine plane into a single engine. Because I had only worked on toy airplanes I nearly got electrocuted in storm, but pilot pushed me off plane with seconds to spare.

It was also hard working on the plane with little water.

If they do turn my life story into a movie I'll let you know about it.
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Out in the boonies where I live there plenty of home made cars. You can hear them from quite a distance, the motors sound like the rotors of a helicopter.

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