Chinese Octocopter

God bless them, those Chinese REALLY want to fly.

Octocopter

Local farmer Shu Mansheng starts the engines of his self-designed and homemade flying device before a test flight in front of his house in Dashu village on the outskirts of Wuhan, Hubei province

4 Comments

  1. Laminar says:

    Handpropping? That scares me, and I’m fearless.

  2. Jeff Ward says:

    Hand-propping one engine is bad enough, but eight? And once they’re all running, what’s your escape route from that center “cockpit” if something goes wrong? I admire his enthusiasm, but this looks like nothing if not a huge meat grinder…

  3. Eric Peterson (soccer-jock) says:

    This just looks like the beginning of the latest Darwin Award recipient.

  4. Jon Yanover says:

    I like he took his shoes off first, look at the lower left corner……


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