15 INSANE Homemade Helicopters - BAD IDEA
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- Building and flying a homemade helicopter is perhaps the worst idea someone could possibly have. A simple mistake in design or build quality can have disastrous consequences! Let's take a look at 15 homemade helicopters people have actually flown.
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This video is clickbait. None of these helicopters are "homemade". They're just potentially home assembled kit helicopters and a single prototype vehicle.
Scratch designed and built is not the same as these kits.
Do you really want to build one of those Nigerian homemade helicopter? Kits are in fact considered home made because you assemble it, not fabricate the components. If you are not a machinist it aint gonna happen.
@@johnjennings8085 Kits are the safest way to go but, you have to follow the instructions 100%.
@@av8tor261 This is America since when do men follow instructions? LOL Seriously I have helped on a few homebuilt projects. Here is what can happen if you don't follow instructions. A gentleman i knew built a Rutan Vareze in his basement. In the manual it says if you do not have space that is open such as a garage be sure to measure the area to ensure you can complete the structure and transport to an assembly area. Well... this guy did not complete this step. He tried to remove the fuselage from the basement and boom it was 2 inches wider than the door and too tall to clear the ceiling in the stairwell. So we advised him if you remove the basement window and 1 row of block he could dig out and pass it through the hole. He would not listen and hired a backhoe to dig out the basement wall. 13,000 dollars later he got it out. At that point it would have been cheaper and smarter to cut it up and start over before you call in a backhoe. As you can guess there was fallout from this. He is now divorced as a result of his stupidity because he did not read and follow instructions. You could die from not following the directions exactly! So consider the size and scope of an aircraft before building one. Note ,after this situation was over we told him he was on his own. With his lack of judgement skills we did not want to be on the liability end of it crashing when he built it wrong. Work smart not hard.
@@johnjennings8085 I call these guys, "self proclaimed experts." They usually end up dead or killing someone.
i'm confused by the title saying these are bad ideas or building a helicopter from a kit is a bad idea. as an aircraft mechanic having worked on one of these helis, they are really rock solid designs and they are very wonderful to work on especially for those that have a much more exposed frame allowing for easy access to components.
I'm the only aircraft mechanic in this town bud. I don't believe you!!!! Derp
@@alexsozansky lol
High noon boys lol. Draw and pull your A and P s out. For sure click bait but hell they'd get just as many being truthful A kit copter is just as interesting. Anything bought as a kit off a ligit comp can't be un-air worthy. Now let's join forces and build a truly home made ship. I can do sheet metal fab and avionics lol.
as long as it dont come with a Chinese translated instruction book right ;)
Yup, the only dangerous one in the video is the last one.
I'm truly impressed with Charlie Sheen's knowledge on Home made Helicopters
Is it actually Charlie Sheen?
@@dakotaritter532 is it heck, it was a Joke !
Didn't notice til I read this now I can't stop hearing it
Dang you james now its all i can hear.
😂
I have flown in that very A600 Turbo at 3:47 with Arthur Gemperle. Amazing aircraft & even better pilot. So awesome to see him featured here!
Iiiii
Arthur is the real deal
Awesome video. This compilation of homemade whirlybirds reminds me of the Petercopter from Family Guy lol
I’m glad to hear Charlie Sheen keeping himself busy, narrating this.
I saw a few of the thumbnail choppers in STH Africa a few years ago . They are the frontline attack choppers of SA AF.
A600 Turbo is an amazing machine. I stand to be corrected but It has "Unofficially" broken the maximum all up weight / altitude for a piston helicopter.
My great uncle made one called a gyrocopter back in the early 60’s he flew it for years . But one afternoon in may of 68 the shaft that controlled the blades malfunctioned and he crashed and killed him. They’re very dangerous. But if you got the bug it’s not going to stop you.
sorry to hear about your great uncle. but within aviation gryocopters (modern ones) have have the safest track record because the rotors don't need a motor to spin. but that sucks still
He was one ☝️ f the early to build back then .
Gyaro
Sorry about your Uncle but yes once you get the bug for something you MUST act or it will haunt you forever. I love Skydiving I have jumped over 500 times. I'm in my 50s. I learned back when they gave you a 10 minute course. Tossed on your chute. Took you up and jumped out on your own. The VERY first time the cords o. My chute were tangled bigtime. Thankfully I was high enough I could peddle out of it. Then I enjoyed the ride down and was hooked from that moment on. Enjoy life take some risks and have that feeling of what it feels like out of your comfort zone.
I always wanted a bensen gyro!
Tired of these AI / Bot run channels..
Why is this the "worst" idea. Careful design and judicious testing by certificated pilots and engineers is safe. All of these helicopters are functional designs. The R-22 started out as an "experimental". Today, the California-made helicopter is among the best-selling aircraft of all time, WORLDWIDE. What would be "insane" is building and then flying without proper tools, training, or flight instruction.
"Careful and judicious testing" led the FAA to revoke the R22 type certificate.
Could you imagine how terrifying the first flight would be?
Because a lot could go wrong some kid made his own on a video I seen a while back and he got decapitated in the seat from one of the propellers
@@MrShobar Because of the The Delamination of the blades but look now they’ve sold god knows how many.
Because the guy that made this video is a click bait BASTARD!
That is what I call amazing flying helicopters.
For solo riding I think I prefer gyrocopters to small helicopters. Quads and multirotors scare me for human flight
I enjoy flying them remotely but I’d hate to be in one risking my life …
100% agreed. If it can't autorotate I'm not getting in it!
I knew a guy who was always going to build one using a vintage snowmobile engine, all I could think of was all the times I've been left in the middle of a trail working on a carburetor and pulling my guts out trying to crank one up and wondering how that would work out in the sky.
Coaxial helis can be awesome! For example Kamov Ka-26.
Looks fun. And scary 😮
An excellent video. 💙 T.E.N.
even though they fail, its still impressive that people can make it for that far into technology themself
Helicopters don't technically "fly"....they just BEAT the air into submission.🤣
🎀These were pretty neat. I like the video alot.....👀❤😉👍💯
Out of them all the Hummingbird 300L seems the most interesting and useful
A mistake can cost you your life. Experience is really a very very very costly way to learn.
I instantly got the picture of the fellow who built his own parachute and jumped of the Eiffel Tower with full confidence that he wouldn’t plummet to his demise, and do it on film.
2:06 is that wing section propped up against the wall from a hawker typhoon?!
personal quad copter vehicles will truly open the skies to the masses. They could essentially fly themselves.
Lots of people are going to die
@@loganthesaint true, just one of those little motors, or program give shit and you dead
Moler sky car has not done it yet. I don't trust thrust only propulsion. Hmmm. Self flying quadcopter. Think to self Tesla self driving car crashes into guardrail and kills driver. Definatley don't and will never trust self driving anything. Airliners still have pilots for a reason.
They have a short range, that's the main drawback. 30 minutes flight time and you're done. There is also no safety feature. If your flight controller died or there was a fire (LiPo batteries FTW) then you'd become a meteorite pretty quickly. Even helicopters can autorotate to 'glide' relatively safely to the ground. Quadcopters have no such mechanism.
Quad is too few anyway, you would want there to be 8+ rotors to allow for redundancy and fault tolerance. If a motor goes out you want to have most of your thrust still available. A quadcopter with a motor down _can_ fly if the FC knows how to compensate, but you lose lots of thrust and stability.
I can see quadcopters being used for racing, much in the way micro FPV drones are now. It would be hella dangerous but you know there would be daredevils that love it. Akin to wingsuiting but with expensive hardware. A bit like 'pod racing' in Star Wars. High Gs, manual controls, fast reflexes, tricks, stunts, and zooming through narrow tunnels, that would be the magic of it.
@@johnsmithe4656 Include parachutes with them.
How about that doofus and the dragonfly? Chemical goggles, a tyvek suit with hood.....and SANDLES.
the narrator voice is like the voice i hear in the channel of simple history
Charlie sheen has impressive knowledge on many subjects I've noticed.
Not the cheapest option at $4 a gallon? Sir, have you seen 87 octane prices since january? Basically $4 a gallon...
Corey ~ At present {jan2022] prices in the Great White North (Canada) are $8.00 a gallon in most provinces and cities .
I've worked out a design that could fly for around 24 to 48 hours.......
Plus reduce vibration and increase of lift.....
I've re-designed the helicopter completely....
Orville and Wilbur Wright’s flying machine was homemade. Where would we be today if they hadn’t made it?
Same place we are right now. There were many people working on controlled flight at that time. Glen Curtiss was hot on their heels and quickly surpassed their developments.
I don't know but I'm trained to fly the oh-58 as my primary and 1 hour of flying that little bird, it felt like I just ran a marathon. I was so tired.
I'm a UAV pilot and have 100s of hours flight time. Quad, hexacoptors , Co-Axials, fixed or collective pitch, even fixed wing aircraft, it doesn't matter I can fly it. But these things, very few I'd trust with my can inside. Some of em are pretty sweet though.
Why's it a bad idea? I'm in college studying aeronautical + aerospace engineering and I'm also a student pilot. Building your own aircraft is a great idea if you know what you're doing. You save A LOT of money, it's fun and it's completely safe if you do it properly. I hate it when people talk and make an opinion on a topic which they've done no research or had any education from.
some of them, more specifically the ones without enclosures, are indeed a bad idea .. if you can reach the blades while they are spinning and you are sitting in the pilots chair, it's a no-no
Your in school complaining about "people talking when don't have an education"? Maybe wait till you graduate to say that, if you do graduate
@@kendallevans4079 what he is saying is true tho, if you do it properly then something like getting decapitated by your own helicopter can be prevented.
you dont even need a degree to know that its safe as long as you know what you are doing. especially since he's studying engineering where "if you dont know what youre doing, dont mess with it" is applied everytime.
a fun and exciting flight
An the final kit is the Decapitator. It features an open canopy style to enjoy nature. Ultra low main rotor blade made from low visibility transparent plastic.
Yes -- and most home-built decapitators aren't available with such festive colors.
A little engineering goes a long way !
Except the case of the v22 Osprey.
Winning!
“It has a better power plant than many fixed wing” totally did this video in. The Lycoming O-360 (that’s an O, not zero) is a very popular engine, and many aircraft use that particular model. But then the O-320 is excellent, as well as the O-420, O-470, O-520, O-540, O-550, etc. Granted, many people prefer Lycoming over Continental, but both are great engines, and that is almost exclusively what small aircraft have in them. People who know nothing about aviation should not be making videos about aviation
Well its Charlie sheen... he isn't exactly known in aviation besides getting high 😂
You know, I heard phrases like … “it only takes about 300 hrs. to assemble” and “minimal maintenance”. I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG and spent a bit of time in helos/choppers and re-enlisted in a Chinook at Campbell. I prefer hundreds and hundreds of hours… building anything that deals with life and limb. Am a huge supporter/enforcer of maintenance. Like if you do NOT see oil spots under certain helicopters…don’t fly in it.
where are you getting your pricing information? pulling them out of thin air?
I liked the one with a Volkswagen motor in it !
Engineers have the ability to make homemade helicopters anyday
The producer of this video does not know what "Homemade" means. Because none, THAT'S NONE, of these choppers are homemade. They are, in fact, kit helicopters.
I can buy wood, screws & hinges. Then make a wardrobe in my workshop. I could also go to IKEA and buy a wardrobe kit and assemble it in my workshop. Can you work out which one is “Homemade” and which one is not “Homemade”?
Lol, no it isn’t.
Title is misleading.. but a nice video
IT'S WORSE TO HAVE ZERO IMAGINATON !!!
"Building and flying a homemade helicopter is perhaps the worst idea someone could possibly have."
What about a submarine; driven by a game controller?
super video
Yeah that 2sd scorpions the one that they designed the engine was smart thinking 2 stroke engines get power every stroke of the piston
I love these things, they're f*ing hilarious. If you're a grown adult with the skills to make one of these things, then you are smart enough to know how dangerous it is. I'd never try and stop anyone doing it, it's your neck you can risk it all you like. No one complains about people jumping out of aeroplanes or off the tops of mountains. Go for it.
Wait is that the same guy who voice acted in simple history lol
Tendrían que investigar sobre la biografía de Augusto Cicaré.
The awkward moment when you see your dad in one of the clips.
It's not a bad idea. It's just dangerous. Though if you do you have to make sure to do everything with safety and learn to spot the dangers before anything.
The vibrations are the death of helicopters... Especial ground resonance effect.
These guys were thinking of the little guy !! Awesome!! Affordable really?? Love to see this happen?? Cool hobby for a family man???? In the beginning of vedieo anyway??
I like the Jetson One, just not the price tag
A friend of mine built a Rotorway Exec. Sadly, when he had health troubles, he had only learned to hover it before he had to sell it. But his brother-in-law had a Scorpion II. That brother in law was flying it one time and had an engine failure. So he easily autorotated to safety. But when the skids began to sink into the muck he landed on, he tried to lift it up again and the rotors ran out of energy causing him to wreck his machine. Oh well! Those guys probably smoked too much weed anyway, so the chopper life probably wasn't really good for them.
Vou comprar um desses!
If you gonna fly something you want it to have the best parts.
Building a backyard helicopter certainly provides fodder for neighborhood gossip.
wait the voice sounds like simply history guy
I remember when Dad won a helicopter, in a card game. He didn't have any place to park it. So he tide it to a tree, and left it idling.
Anyone else realize this is the simple history guy
dragonfly df-1: uses hydrogen peroxide as a fuel - "but it's not the stuff you find under the sink" and "it uses a commercial-grade diluted formula".
kids, the stuff under the sink is about 3% - in order to be useful as a rocket fuel, hydrogen peroxide has to be up around 70%, and at that concentration it will take your skin right off - calling the rocket fuel "diluted" is like calling the Atlantic Ocean "damp".
I feel like the last on VC2 had 18 motors not engines.
I love that the #1 is a myth and cannot actually be seen flying
I want one for remote hunting trips
18 engines ha! You must keep the gas in the yoga balls.lmao
Gotta respect them for trying.
the title seems misleading... these are really neat machines... i was thinking people made helicopters from driers and dishwashers when i clicked this
Good
I saw a video of a guy in India who built a helicopter. I'm not sure of the exact details but it seemed like he was firing it up for the first time after getting it fully built. It seemed to be working nicely, until the tail rotor snapped and made one of the blades smack into him directly. Killed him instantly, homemade helicopters are NOT a good idea
This guy's great-great grandfather probably told the Wright brothers that trying to fly was stupid
The ones I was interested in are the ones he didn't give the price tag for. Haha. Wishbone would give prices for all. If you want to leave some out leave the expensive one out. 🤭🤣 Also almost other channels will give the links to ea product they talk about.
You mad, bro?
Belt drive helicopter? No thanks- I'll just watch.
I think only one of these homemade and none of them are bad ideas
idk... remember Newton?
lol
@@joseph-mariopelerin7028 tf lmao? Im not sure you understand what im saying. these are all kits, or production models (not homemade) and they are all verified to be working and therefore not bad ideas. research and planning went into them. = neither bad idea, nor homemade
Im just saying… even the million dollars one with a real engine and a real pilot crashes all the time… a play doh helicopter kit ? Newton will take care of it… or the new clothes line… or a dead leaf falling
Helicycle has a very good name.
Most people can't put their computer cart together without having extra parts or loose screws
Now I want one.
200-300 hrs to put together? If what? You never put together Legos as a kid? Seems like the assembly time was exaggerated a bit.
What do they do , give you the "idea" of flight , and you figure it out on your own from there?
guys sitting under high speed spinning blades with an helmet ... the illusion of "security"
what about engine failure
can these autorotate
like the mosquito XET gas-turbo-shaft type
The handlebar flight controls are a great idea. It certainly seems more intuitive than the cyclic and collective. Would any pilots want to comment?
I would consider cyclic, collective, and anti-torque pedals the proper and intuitive solution for a traditional helicopter, but the handlebar probably works well for a contra-rotating machine with no swash plate. Not mentioned in the video is that Airscooter's simplified, fixed-pitched rotors could not autorotate (glide), leaving the machine restricted to low-altitude (
Nope - Air Scooter is a long gone piece of junk
@@antibrevityah, makes sense, thanks…. That’s why all the videos I’ve seen of it show it very close to the ground….
although auto rotation in any small helicopter with very little rotor disc inertia it seems to me is improbable in an emergency.. the R22 apparently requires the pilot to react to an engine failure and begin autorotation in like 1 second, otherwise the rotor speed falls too low to recover…. These ultralights, is it even possible…?
Perhaps a ballistic chute would be a more realistic option…
I built a helicopter, I crashed into the Pacific.
For real?..lol
Yeah -- that darned Pacific always gets ya' when you're not looking.
$4 per gallon for hydrogen peroxide? That is still a bit cheaper than 100LL Avgas!
Cheaper than gasoline in the biden regime.
11:20 pretty sure you meant undiluted...
would it be legal to safely land these at or near gas stations, space permitting? or would you legally need to land at an airport to refuel?
Gas stations wouldn't have helicopter fuel. But generally ya, you have to land at an airport.
Different places have different rules, and when you have control/own a helicopter. . . Sort of implies that you would have the money to land wherever you want. Just how much are you willing to pay for parking.
P.S - most of the "helicopter" kits actually fall under the classification of an ultralight.
The last one looked like a jungle gym with propellers.
Man I really wanted to see that contraption in the thumbnail
I'll stick with the R22. The homebuilt turned certified.
Helicopters have fascinated me for 50 years, but I have just learnt something new that scares the hell out of me. I've only ever flown in a Bell Jet Ranger, and always been scared of piston-engined Helicopters.I guess that it's all those reciprocating parts that all need to work to perfection, and in unison. I recently read about the R44 that plummeted to earth in Hawaii. I did not know that (flying in pretty turbulent conditions), the main Rotor Blades can flex down low enough - to damage the perspex bubble, tearing-off the Rotor Blades, and also the Tail Section. All that it takes, is a stray high wind, and someone who doesn't respond to the Collective quickly enough. I'm not a pilot of any kind, but those Rotor Blades need to flex, but there seems to be no limits on the amount of flex. I am sure that all helicopter pilots know about this 'danger' - except the helicopter pilot who was taking passengers on that sightseeing tour.
@@peterduxbury927 We are taught to slow down in turbulence to prevent that sort of accident,...which could also happen in a Jet Ranger.
@@lookingforwookiecopilot I reside one km from the largest private airport in the southern hemisphere. When bad weather is coming, all of the Robinsons are first to high tail it back to the airport, then the Jet Rangers come second. The large Westlands don't seem to be bothered by bad weather. This leads me to believe that size and power matters. Thanks for putting me wise.
@@peterduxbury927 Robinsons and Jet Rangers are not certified to fly in "bad weather".
@@lookingforwookiecopilot Thanks. I'm guessing that Westlands are certified to fly in bad weather. But, how do you define bad weather, when you (accidentally) get caught in it? Weather can be unpredictable sometimes, and caught many pilots out! I suppose that this must come down to pilot pre-flight weather checks. There is a guy in Australia called Dick Smith. In the early 90's he flew a Bell Jet Ranger completely around the world. I guess, just knowing this, is why my preference would be to fly in a Bell Jet Ranger, and nothing less.
As long as the two things spinning super fucking fast… don’t suddenly stop. You should be okay.
Wether or not it Flies. Those two things staying put is a success in my book.
What happened to that Huey
Seen these! Barry
Little diid he know the Dragonfly DF1's "(pricey)special fuel" at $4 a gallon would be an absolute bargain only 6 months later 😉😥
i think youve confused the concept of home build with home made. 2 very different things.
El problema principal de los helicópteros artesanales es la propulsión ..un motor de automóvil es demasiado pesado y posee pocas RPM ..como planta motriz más eficiente es un rudimentario motor a reacción basado en ""La máquina de vapor de Heron "".. es decir dos toberas acodadas con un inyector de combustible un gasificador y un compresor turboalimentador que si puede ser sacado del motor de un automóvil..y que aumente la presión y la velocidad de escape de los gases en la cámara de combustión .además por supuesto de un mecanismo de encendido por calentador incandescente eléctrico..y un motor eléctrico de arranque para darle las suficientes RPM iniciales para que el compresor crea presión de fluido ...
Saludos desde mar del plata ARGENTINA 🇦🇷🇦🇷🤗🤗😁..
"It's absolutely insane... but it works."
“Another awesome helicopter kit.” None of these were bad ideas.
i think i would go cave diving without an instructor before flying without one loll
i learned how to fly helicopter and small planes by playing "video games" ... flying simulators. and the first time i flew my friends helicopter he was baffled by how good i flew it xD i still have no license but maybe i was your pilot one day ;)