{"id":193,"date":"2009-04-13T01:24:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T17:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2009-04-13T01:26:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T17:26:12","slug":"homemade-helicopter-flying-high-and-crashing-back-down-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/2009\/04\/homemade-helicopter-flying-high-and-crashing-back-down-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade helicopter – flying high, and crashing back down again"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man with a dream.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen Zhao Rong (\u9648\u662d\u8363) dreamed of flying.<\/p>\n

Despite not being able to read English, and with only a primary school education, Chen scoured through foreign flying websites, checking out pictures and schematics, before finally starting to build his helicopter.<\/p>\n

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\nChen made and welded all the body parts himself, checking his design against photo’s on the internet, as he progressed with his plan. After the body was built, he bought a second hand engine and mounted it.<\/p>\n

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With a total cost of less than 70,000RMB, and a little over 2 years of development, Chen finally achieved his dreams, and made a flying helicopter.<\/p>\n

Although he now had a flying machine, he still needed to learn how to fly.<\/p>\n

For the first few months, every time he started up his engine, the whole village would come watch.
\nIt took him another 6 months before he was confident enough to leave the ground.<\/p>\n

His first successful flight took him 1 metre off the ground.<\/p>\n

Eventually he was flying 6 metres above the ground, just above his 5 story building – he was scared to go higher.<\/p>\n

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It took him another few months to be comfortable flying, and could turn and stop with ease.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately in May 2008, while flying to another village, he lost power, and at a speed close to 70km\/s he crashed his helicopter in a nearby field. Although fearing the engine would explode, he survived the crash, and managed to walk home in one piece.<\/p>\n

His wife was not so happy though, and left him for a week, threatening to leave him for good unless he stopped flying.<\/p>\n

News about his exploits also reached the local police who subsequently made him sign a document stating that he wouldn’t fly again.<\/p>\n

In the end, he sold the helicopter parts to a friend for 20,000RMB.<\/p>\n

He still hasn’t given up on his dream though, and his fame lives on in the internet, where thousands of people watch in awe at the video of his flight.<\/p>\n

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Flying dangerously close to power lines, buildings, and somehow landing back in one piece!<\/p>\n

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