Helicopters are incredibly difficult to pilot and even tougher to build from scratch — yet these tinkerers were able to construct their own whirly birds and even fly them. Our friends at Oobject.com have assembled nine of the best homemade choppers.
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Three Somaliland nationals build homemade helicopter.
Simcopter, Mexico
A homebuilt helicopter, combining a Simca car with a 223kW Lycoming aircraft engine.
Zimcopter II, Zimbabwe
Zimcopter chopper made from aluminium sheets and an engine cannibalised from an old French Citroen motor vehicle.
Homebrew Vietnamese Farmers Helicopter
Home-Made Helicopters In Northern Nigeria
Homemade Helicopter Kumbo Cameroon
Remains Of Homemade Helicopter In Zimbabwe
Chinese Farmers Homemade Helicopter
Forbidden to fly it by the Chinese government. It runs on a motorcycle engine.