Chinese Home-Made Helicopter

"Wu Zhongyuan, 20, of Luoyang, in central China's Henan province, took nearly three months to complete his home-made aircraft. He says he used his memories of middle school physics lessons to make the machine which he claims can fly up to a height of 800 metres."


"I didn't have a design," he said. "The only source for me to get relevant knowledge was surfing the internet via my mobile phone." The blades are made from an elm tree, the engine is from a motorcycle and the frame is reinforced with steel pipes.

Wu, who lives in a mountain village, said: "I had this dream from childhood of not needing to climb mountains anymore. I wanted to go to school in my own flying machine." His father, Wu Xizhao, said his son had spent less than £1,000 on developing the helicopter which is due to make its maiden flight later this week.

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