Pintu
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Agreed Divya, you have a point, they have started a project,& Rome was not built in a day, but please look into what they have started with, they are just beginning with the concept , which is virtually rejected concept for wide use of the application, just see the video which is available with commentary in back ground about the 'gyro' going to take off , though nothing available in the video till 31st sec, only dust and very poor video footage making almost impossible to know , whether the craft actually managed to take off or not , but one thing is clear the gyro is not capable off even STOL, leaving apart VTOL. So version is quite outdated , and even one or many person is going after a outdated concept or not so popular concept they must develop something new, not like a craft trying huddle across a dusty field, and they are talking production in 80 nos. straightaway is uncanny to me. It just points to one thing that there might be a very possibility of them for importing PKR 90 lakh worth kit and then just assembling them locally, and sell 80 potential customers. I don't know whether building block will transform into 'Rome' or a 'Scrap bundle'.I agree to your point to a extent that yes it is hyped and looks like a copy of gyrocopter. though the claims seem to be exaggerating but yes they have done a promising thing. Rome wasnt built in day after all....
but your claims about terrorist using them well thats just funny being true. Giving them to terrorist will be most foolish step even Somalia would do exposing oneself to the world about being active in terrorism and giving live proofs. :angry_10:
Again I would be very happy to see , if they would follow this guy's footstep, it would be more commendable here :
Now, I think Pakistan has the very past bad records about proliferation , and the Civilian Authority there virtually having no control over Army-ISI-Terrorist nexus, and since this potential gyro would find little market among elites , since it was commercially failure in Europe & USA, that might well go into the hand of the terror network, there are nothing to compare it with Somalia, PA just exporting terror out side of their country, while in Somalia virtually any govt. or state security agency exists, it only depends on UN for administration. Also, there are many sites across the web which simply gives idea to make deadlier weapons, so this tool might be handy for the terror groups. One thing we must remember dynamite was invented for the purpose of mining or blasting rock for making tunnel for communication, but also the same dynamite was used by Al Capone gang.http://www.goodcleantech.com/2007/10/nigerian_undergrad_builts_heli_1.php
Monday October 22, 2007
Nigerian Undergrad Builds Helicopter From Secondhand Parts
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News and Events, Recycling
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DIY, helicopters, reuse
Quite a while ago, I wrote about this young South African who built his own paraglider from plastic bags, string, and other trash-to-treasure stuff he was able to salvage. Gizmodo points us towards an example of a similar impulse taken to the nth degree: a 24-year-old Nigerian undergrad who built his own helicopter out of salvaged car and bike parts.
It took Muhammed Abdullahi eight months to build this helicopter (pictured). It's motored by a 133 hp engine from a Honda Civic, and features an ignition, accelerator lever, joystick, camera, and transmitter. And that's... about it. It's never flown higher than seven feet.
He's now working on a new model, that can go higher (15 feet) for longer (three hours). Wow.
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