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The Bar => Comedy Central => Topic started by: Doc on April 09, 2010, 02:54:32 PM
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=611_1270122725
First a Navy (pirates)......Now they are going for an Air Force
Black Hawk Down Syndrome: 3 Somalis build a rattle wreck helicopter(sorta) from scrap metal and an old van engine
The damn thing shakes like a vibrating bed. The only thing funnier than the video is the accompanying article. This whole thing is chock full of internet win.
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Three men from Somaliland who, ever since they were young dreamed of building a helicopter have designed and built their own helicopter in their own backyard using scrap metals and an old engine from a van.
The trio, Mohamed Abdi Barkadle, Saed Abdi Jide and Abdi Farah Lidan said the purpose of their helicopter was to be used to fight fire in the city and surrounding area. They receive no major sponsors, financial nor material support from any one including the government, it is a three men vision and ingenuity.
This is the first ever helicopter built in any Somali speaking state. The fact that the trio could do so much with so little will inspire a lot of Somalilanders.
To many Somalilanders, this is historical moment for Somaliland and it is possible very soon others will start manufacturing their own electronics and devices.
This is the time to support these promising Somalilanders!, all stakeholders and regulatory agencies should rally round and assist these men to achieve their goal.
We wish them all the best from here Somalilandpress, we are certainly with you and we hope all the Somalilanders, friends and others who might be inspired by them get involved.
Video at link.......
doc
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lol
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:rotf:
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Good Lord, that is one brave dude behind that camera. Did ya see how, near the end, he got right at eye level with the rotor of that rattle-trap? Hell, I'd have been afraid that the pivot pins for those rotor blades woulda let go any time.
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Was it just me, or did they forget a tail rotor?
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Was it just me, or did they forget a tail rotor?
I saw a boom, but nothing spinning at the end of it. I wonder if they've taken that huge assed tree in the background into consideration as they move into "testing" phase. :rotf:
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I'm guessing that the blades ain't gonna put up enough lift to pull that beast into the air, which for them is a lifesaver.
Literally.