Whilst I have seen many “custom” motorbikes made by entrepreneurial Indians made from the parts of old motorbikes, I have never seen a helicopter made from motorbike parts!
Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi in Northern Nigeria has managed to used salvaged motorcycle parts to create a working helicopter. Mubarak is a physics undergraduate at the local university and managed to uses his skills to construct the helicopter. It took him just under eight months to build the machine which is capable of flying to 15 feet for 3 hours.
It amazes me how such an amazing machine could be created from the things that we in the west would throw out. I think this week, I am going to try and dig around in my “scrap heap” and try and create something amazing! I will keep you posted!
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4 Comments Received
October 23rd, 2007 @3:16 pm
why is flight limited to fifteen feet? would like to see a vid!
October 23rd, 2007 @3:47 pm
I think the flight is limited due to the lack of power - motorcycle parts where not meant to be made into a helicopter!
October 24th, 2007 @5:29 am
not enough horsepower to lift it beyond the ground effect. Its still pushing against the ground at 15ft, but above that it must push against the mass of air, which takes more power. I’ll wager the neighbors are well entertained, but he’d have more fun where there was more savanna to fly over, and fewer trees to avoid.
February 22nd, 2008 @8:43 pm
i am very glad that a nigerian like me has put up something of this nature, as for mubarak he should reduce weight and reconsider his angle of attk. pls advice:since i started my PIK 26 lookalike (body almost completed) my confusion was either my homemade turbojet or a 5.5hp piston engine(affordable engine).
pls reply ASAP
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