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Ron Natalie
January 15th 08, 01:57 PM
William Hung wrote:
> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-helicopter/nigerian-man-builds-working-helicopters-from-junk-313408.php
> 
> Way to go Muhammed!
> 
> Wil
> 
All he needs is my help in collecting his $18.2 million dollars.
Stuart & Kathryn Fields
January 15th 08, 05:57 PM
Well as we said about an elderly gentleman we met at an airshow with his 
homemade coaxial helicopter with a Geo engine connected such that the cyclic 
tilted the entire engine-drive train to obtain forward, sideways and 
rearward flight.  It had no collective but just used more throttle to climb 
and less to descend.  There were places where you could see the threads on 
the ends of the water piping used to make the frame.  He was actively 
looking for a test pilot to try out his bird.  I declined saying that while 
I was fearless, I lacked the necessary qualifications to test fly his bird. 
He didn't just set around talking, he built one that he learned a bunch from 
and was going to learn a bunch more if he tried to fly it.  We did ask him 
to let us know if he was going to start it up.  We had definite plans to 
move our helicopters to the other end of the field if he was going to 
demonstrate his bird.
Our work producing the Experimental Helo magazine has brought us in contact 
with some pretty amazing devices.
"Ron Natalie" > wrote in message 
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> William Hung wrote:
>> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-helicopter/nigerian-man-builds-working-helicopters-from-junk-313408.php
>>
>> Way to go Muhammed!
>>
>> Wil
>>
> All he needs is my help in collecting his $18.2 million dollars.
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