Chinese farmer builds a working helicopter out of wood

Piyush MehtaAug 7 2009

Elementary education is a threshold for a prosporous future ahead. It’s even hard to imagine that a 20-year-old full-time farmer, owing to his memories of middle school physics lessons, has built himself a helicopter that he claims can go as high as 800 meters.

chinese farmer builds helicopter
chinese farmer builds helicopter

Wu Zhongyuan, from China’s Henan province, made this helicopter by using a 150cc motorcycle engine providing power to those wooden blades (made from elm wood) while its structural rigidity comes from steel pipes/tubes. Spending about three months and nearly $1600, the government finally played spoilsport by stopping the flight for safety reasons.

chinese farmer builds helicopter 1
chinese farmer builds helicopter 1

Via: Ananova/AutoMotto

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