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It looks like some villager is making his own airplane in his back yard. And considering how much as I trust Tuk-Tuks that receive all of their maintenance from a squatter on the side of the road with 2 hand tools and a stash of one-size-fits-all inner tubes, I would have no hesitations at all about taking this from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville.









And it got really, really high on its first test flight, and only having a little bit of trouble keeping up with the traffic. No, not air traffic, Kompung traffic.

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?

Cheers


Bertros

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?

Cheers


Bertros

Better than sittin around smoking ice.
Just saying

I think it is interesting project. However, I see a few general problems with this construction.

Wings are obviously never going to give that contraption any lift. I still applaud the guy. The guys who built the first planes were people with a passion who liked to tinker. I'm not sure if he actually wants to make a plane or just a car that looks cool.

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?

Cheers


Bertros

Raybull wrote:

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?

Cheers


Bertros

Better than sittin around smoking ice.
Just saying

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:Wings are obviously never going to give that contraption any lift. I still applaud the guy. The guys who built the first planes were people with a passion who liked to tinker. I'm not sure if he actually wants to make a plane or just a car that looks cool.

^ Bunch of naysayers. It's a damn fine plane!

esu wrote:I think it is interesting project. However, I see a few general problems with this construction.

Welcome to our forum, Esu. What specific problems do you see? Do you think it will eventually be able to fly?

esu wrote:I think it is interesting project. However, I see a few general problems with this construction.

A few?

Raybull wrote:

esu wrote:I think it is interesting project. However, I see a few general problems with this construction.

A few?

for one thing...there's no flaps on the wings!

Just sayin'


Bertros

Raybull wrote:

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?

Cheers


Bertros

Better than sittin around smoking ice.
Just saying

until it crash's....


just sayin'


Bertros

along a similar line.....


The world’s first passenger drone capable of autonomously carrying a person in the air for 23 minutes has been given clearance for testing in Nevada.
Chinese firm Ehang, which unveiled the electric Ehang 184 passenger drone at CES in Las Vegas in January, has partnered with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (Goed) to put the drone through testing and regulatory approval.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... ang-Nevada

now that's cool!

Cheers


Bertros