HOME MADE HELICOPTER FAILS IN AFRICA COMPILATION.IT ENDS IN DISASTER.BUT THE DREAM IS ALIVE 😂😂

[@lookronjon]

The first guy flew. It worked until the loss of tail rotor effectiveness. He can do it if he doesn’t get hurt on the way there. It was impressive.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Yeh the first design is really good

[@Perkeletricksterservantofrher]

thats a build kit....

[@GLOBAL-STRUGGLE]

Honestly was going to say that he's works lol

[@matoko123]

With friends like his he certainly doesn't need any enemies.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

ah no he has zero collective pitch or control over the rotor. It is not controllable best if it doesn't get off the ground. Correction I was looking at the second one. The first seems viable but choppers are extremely difficult to control. Everything changes everything else, add some rudder and you are increasing the pitch of the tail rotor which in turn will change the load on the engine and drop or increase its revs. This will cause the pilot to correct by changing throttle which will then change the amount of lift so require collective adjustment, rudder, cyclic etc, Everything is changing with everything and it keeps doing it continuously.

[@andersson.l.e]

The first one was doing pretty good. If it was homebuilt it's very impressive.

[@janreznak881]

The biggest problem was the pilot. He just didn't know how to correct once things started going wrong.

[@raymondleggs5508]

@@janreznak881 Exactly

[@kingarthur5110]

Wouldn't call that first one a failure. It actually worked until it suffered a loss of tail rotor power. Let's be honest, that happens on multi-million dollar models too sometimes.

[@peekaboo1575]

He had no way of controlling anything in there, other than the throttle. It was a failure.

[@michealklondike4049]

@@peekaboo1575he got pretty far, more tweaking and he’ll have a working heli

[@peekaboo1575]

@@michealklondike4049 It was a fixed propeller. He needed much more than 'tweaking'. That 'heli' was the equivalent of an airplane with no control surfaces.

[@michealklondike4049]

@@peekaboo1575 could’ve sworn it had a swashplate. Still surprising how long it stayed airborne.

[@Deathvalleyherper]

​@@peekaboo1575 it wouldn't have flown if it were a fixed pitch. Even fixed pitch RC helicopters have a swashplate.

[@Silvercobra3]

This first man deserves respect, nmot that dumb laugh.

[@mrsbelcher]

If I may add: This laugh is stupid in every context. Unfunny and super cringe... 🤦‍♀️

[@grahamhgt6468]

100% agreed 👍

[@grahamhgt6468]

Apart from the first Ugandan one, respect to him (despite the stupid "laughter") the rest were absolute garbage

[@lablackzed]

1st guy should be praised not ridiculed he was nearly airborne if his rear rotor had not gone.👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@fischerkat8852]

Just cause you become airborne doesn't mean you're flying.

[@mr.badnade3309]

@@fischerkat8852 Seemed like an initial run to see if it can even lift off and just hovered a bit. He lost tail rotor effectiveness which led to him making a mistake and that led to a dynamic roll over. If it was windy at all, he probably shouldn't have tried it.

[@Porsche4life]

@@fischerkat8852 airborne is flying regardless

[@Nosuchthingastrans]

@@fischerkat8852 He definitely was flying no question about that just not well..

[@andrewcoleofficial]

@@fischerkat8852 Are you really gate keeping flying right now? What a racist boomer...

[@lonewolf4689]

The first was one is quite impressive. Hopefully, the creator doesn't stop and keep moving forward with improving it.

[@JanusLeTooter]

I heard he's delivering pizzas now 😊

[@kevinjackson7340]

3:37 looked like something from a child`s fair ground ride 🤣

[@NADA-uz5vr]

Make yourself one better 😂

[@terrallputnam7979]

I admire the courage of these inventors. If they had access to aluminum instead of steel, they would stand a better chance of getting off the ground. The first helicopter actually flew controlled for at least a minute. I couldn't do anything like it.

[@Perkeletricksterservantofrher]

dont need that...

[@guerillagardener2237]

Yeah it would be interesting to see what they could come up with , with access to materials, tools and machinery, a bit of training with technical drawing, engineering and physics.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Have to be the right type of aluminium - aircraft grade anything else and it will break very quickly. Normal aluminium is soft.

[@hondaxl250k0]

@@guerillagardener2237basically your saying if they were civilized and educated they could do it.. never going to happen.. they have had thousands of years to become civilized.. yet still act like animals to each other. The entire demographic is a problem

[@guerillagardener2237]

@@hondaxl250k0 I never said they were uncivil, you did. Also I the early western attempts to create flying vehicles is exactly like this. If anything even more embarrassing.

[@ronaldcardoza]

Daredevil is a mixture of stupidity & pure courage! Salute to all daredevils!👍👍👍

[@eddyriley2055]

the giggle sound track is disrespectful. just hate "ive never done nothing, but i take the piss out of them who try".

[@JohnJones-ct9pr]

Agreed. The person who made this stupid video has probably never picked up a screwdriver in their lives before. I admire ANYONE who tries to make their dreams reality.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@JohnJones-ct9pr It's amazing what they can do with next to nothing but they are being too ambitious. Helicopters are about the most complicated aircraft you can built and can't put one together out of junk. Get some plans for a simpler aircraft which can be safely built with materials available to you and then get into the air and develop from there. There is nothing wrong for example with a hang glider. Once you've mastered that you could move to a powered hang glider and so forth. Building a chopper with limited education will result in death and disaster. Perhaps not you but some poor sap who's watching on not really understanding just how strong the forces are.

[@JohnJones-ct9pr]

@@cameronlapworth2284 Agree with you. My point was it is asinine to laugh at people who have a go. But yes it's always best to walk before you run.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@JohnJones-ct9pr yeah I admire the serious attempts but what an education in flying or engineering does is scale your understanding of your skills vs reality. Nothing like your first flight to realise you have no bloody idea what you are doing. When you finally get flying solo you realise the gulf between what you thought you could do and can actually do and you realise you are a long way to go. It's a pity that they can't get access to a gliding club with basic primary trainers these could be towed by car and released.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@JohnJones-ct9pr if they insist on rotorcraft this is a boom trainer gyroglider kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYHTlZaqjpp_g6s very cheap can build rotors out of steel and marine ply. Have to be made carefully but plans are available they can then build a gyroglider.

[@PillSharks]

I’ve often wonder why the vast majority of Africa is so broken… now I know!

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

That laughing voice over is annoying, terrible, pointless and beyond disrespectful, would you ever remove it 🤬

[@davidwilliamson9333]

The guy in the background laughing cracked me up 😊

[@Name-ps9fx]

Congratulations on the first one! A true pioneer in African flight! I'm serious, no one else in Africa was able to achieve 20 secs of controlled flight with a homebuilt helicopter! 🍻🍻🐝

[@bsleds4585]

U sure about that

[@cameronlapworth2284]

I wish there would be people who'd take a guy like that under their wing (rotors). The reality is as admirable as this is helicopters are damn hard to fly, your chances of learning without doing this (even if the design is sound) 10x + is exceedingly high. I used to instruct in towed gyrogliders, these have no torque effect, are actually stable in flight (can be flown hands off) however even though most of my students were fixed wing pilots in 16 years of doing this only 4 could have soloed after a few runs, most took several weekends to master it. Some took 6 months. Chances of soloing in a powered helicopter first try and next to zero. No amount of admiration will change that. He needs proper training. Unfortunately choppers are expensive, very expensive. Instruction is also hence very expensive.

[@brantonhilrickfeshete4039]

You can't call it african flight when it's homemade projects by uneducated people. Africa has several aeronautics manufacturers and engineers.

[@AutismusPrime69]

It was a kit helicopter....he designed nothing himself and still ended up crashing it

[@Name-ps9fx]

@@AutismusPrime69 Have you seen any of the other attempts from sub-Saharan Africans regarding flight? Check out those videos, maybe even the "Space Program" one country had. After seeing those, you'll realize this guy deserves kudos!

[@Mars-77]

Pretty crazy, but I do have to give them credit for trying.

[@foxxster3565]

About as successful as Africa’s space program, now that was hilarious

[@duskintheforest584]

Funny and scary at the same time. Some are lucky they never actually got airborne

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

The lack of fear of the blades by spectators and camera guys is shocking.. They are literally moments away from decapitation at any moment..

[@pauljanssens4449]

They have more vision and guts than all those who make fun of them

[@foxxster3565]

Um, no. Because helicopters have been around for a very long time now. The aerodynamics and engineering is out there if you look. If you do t then you make these dangerous idiotic devices.

[@foxxster3565]

@@seadog158 doesn’t surprise me given your first comment.

[@adailyllama4786]

Show me an engineer who hasn't built and failed at least once? The first clip, be it homebuilt, a kit or whatever showed a lot of promise. It worked. I hope the pilot and developer continued to work on the design / craft.

[@scratchdog2216]

4:45 An inspector from the Ministry of Aviation certifying air worthiness. No problem. Go fly.

[@JanusLeTooter]

After you give me your car and a goat

[@TheRogey1]

They'll all be working at British Aerospace soon!!

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Well if they can design and build something like the first one with scrap mental they'll be a great hire

[@TheRogey1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

Or Boeing DEI

[@FrankStrickland-t7t]

Or Boeing

[@landslug]

First guy was pretty impressive, looks like his biggest problem was not knowing how to control it.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

The rotor doesn't have a tilt mechanism, and the whole assembly seems to be imbalanced. They are also not looking into weights and center of gravity(C.G). Not sure if its only for laughs or they are serious about flying.

[@Deathvalleyherper]

​@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 the rotor does have a swash plate, you can tell it does by looking at his left hand. The pilot built the aircraft from a kit, he was also a South African Army helicopter pilot so he knew exactly how to control it. What happened was he got into an aerodynamic phenomenon known as loss of tail rotor effect. That's what caused the spin. LTE can be bad at altitude and downright deadly close to the ground as it almost always results in a dynamic rollover, he's very lucky to walked away from that crash.

[@Medionxtr]

Nothing to laugh about - I admire their effort very much !

[@blablablabla4236]

I don’t . And there’s plenty to laugh about…

[@LydiaAli-f3e]

Am from Ghana I have a strong believe if we in Africa come together making jet or any aircraft won't be a problem so let's see about that. What Africa need is producers and no other continent will come to our aid so I beg we all are trying to bring something out within Africa shortly, the media can help us communicate and start a move and a good finish. Thanks.

[@johnsmyth2514]

If you werent so hate filled at times youd get help.

[@DarthABBA]

Get the blueprints for the wright brothers plane, they built that thing in 1906 so it shouldn’t be too hard to replicate Reach the sky Africa im sure you’ll soar with those horrible shoebill birds soon

[@FlapJacks7]

The guy in the beginning had it going good. Wouldn't be laughing at him. He did good. Very impressive

[@carltonjohnson4424]

Inventors? Fellas y'all are a hundred+ years behind. Humans hv been flying since early 1900s!

[@timc2219]

the first one is a helicopter, the rest are tin cartoons... 1:1 engine:rotor gearing??? no swashplate??? obvious huge CG error and nowhere near enough power, yet the one dude kept jabbing at collective even as blades stalled and tail repeatedly smacked the ground...those guys are beyond clueless, probably couldnt make a tricycle that worked properly...glad no one was hurt. I am all for innovation, etc, but want, with total lack of common sense/mechanical aptitude is only going to hurt people while painfully obvious it had zero chance of working. not anyone can build a flying machine- especially without actually understanding how anything works. the first one was functional, and actually flew- if he actually designed and built it, that guy could easily go far given some funding/equipment- he obviously had a basic understanding of what was required, and built one that worked- a expensive production machine coulda suffered the same fate if its sole designer tried to fly it with no experience- he did remarkably well... even if it was a kit, he did manage to hover briefly- but if it was a kit, hes no different than any other person in any other country- kits are expensive, he must have funding/time from a good job, or maybe he simply had wealthy parents...if he actually designed/made the thing, I sure hope someone sees that type of person is a rare individual, and puts him in a position with opportunities to do great things. the rest look like manifestations from a childs coloring book, those guys dont realize how clueless they are- a recipe for disaster after wastes of time...

[@DrFrankensteam]

I’ve never seen a helicopter broken down on the side of the road before….😂

[@randall1959]

That's where it fell off the truck

[@tomfuelery2905]

I have. A medic chopper had to put down in the right of way on a small Texas highway near to my house due to a broken oil line.

[@ktake8247]

I think the Ugandan helicopter at the beginning is amazing.

[@ohtayukiho6444]

素晴らしい。あと少しテールのコントロールが出来れば完璧です。少しづつ積み重ねればできます。アフリカの未来は明るいですね。

[@Mike-01234]

I like these guys enthusiasm with aviation.

[@andrewmartin8739]

Fingers crossed none of these get picked for the current UK replacement military helicopter contract 😏

[@keithpayne701]

Most impressive was the flight tech in the clean white pants with nothing but dirt as far as the eye could see. Hats off to you sir.

[@davexenos9196]

I was impressed with some of the safety features of the Zimcopter.

[@rodneycallender155]

The zimcopter has a passenger seat. For whom?

[@Paul-ey1ct]

Hand starting the main rotor 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i can't stop laughing

[@Rambo69710]

Mostly just to look at 😂

[@liamwillis8541]

I love watching this shit. It reminds me when I was 12 and got ahold of my fathers 3.5 hp lawn mower engine Hilarious

[@glok1989]

One day I hope we can fly to America and see the country they built.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

Boeing should watch this and learn something. Zero fatalities. Now I drink my coffee.

[@michelu4377]

I think Boeing can learn one or two lessons from these guys 🤣

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

They need to hit up Harbor Freight for a electric starter.

[@bobsnabby2298]

the 2nd "chopper", I think the one who filmed was more brave than the pilot...

[@13699111]

I like the hair helmets some of them and wearing 😊

[@veryenyingka3571]

I love the first one. The second keep jumping like a gazelle... Courage guys 👍👍

[@stevenjones2371]

this guys need total thumbs up really impressive hard work and a dream nothing wrong with that

[@autobahnman6869]

I mean they know they're playing with their life with a 2% chance of living after it gets 20 ft plus in the air?? I mean that 1 copter was shaking like hell!!!!

[@xxx-gp6sj]

I want to congratulate this people for their inteligence and fiercing desire to fly, despite of all difficulties!! they all have my respect!! keep going guys neve give up!!!

[@tonywright8294]

Wanker

[@shaundavis526]

Well koko learned sign language. And as is normal all have 2 plus advanced degrees.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Now build a submarine! Oh wait.

[@johnbeaulaurier6267]

The truly insane folks are the ones standing anywhere near these rotors videoing 😆

[@landslug]

Good point

[@cptairwolf]

Wakanda forever... Ok maybe not forever 😂

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

They seem to design a helo based on pictures or movies. They know what they look like but, practical application is another story. The first guy was airborne but, landing is the easy part…gravity will help you tremendously.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

They should of used elastic bands and super glue that's where they are all going wrong..

[@fposmith]

No problem ! That will buff right out !

[@MartinBaumgartner-h8o]

The Zimcopter !!!!!! The key is : Education !!! Greetings from Fred And Barney... Jabadabadoo !!!

[@willgeo2215]

When your engine is a 2.5 hp Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine.

[@Michael_theArch]

Looks like these people are flirting with grim reaper 😂😂😂

[@peterlg501]

5:05 the guys there loves a suit and tie, looks like protestant pastor.

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

He is ready to receive his Flight Medals.

[@holdernewtshesrearin5471]

I gotta give it to the first guy. Well done, sir! And keep after it!

[@Epheli.]

Number two apparently has collective coupled with cyclic lol

[@cameronlapworth2284]

I couldn't see the collective where is it?

[@JohnDoeay]

They're so ambitious they thought they have nine lives😊

[@martinbrookes1372]

These are the guys who are migrating all over the world and will be repairing our electric cars soon.

[@right584]

These are homebuilt

[@ratadream3855]

Congrats, but very risky how they do it. How about taking some safety measures

[@oddeman3489]

Airline of broken dreams, don't give up guys. 👀

[@tonyloechte9994]

Please start the zimcopter Please Please Please 😂

[@Gamer_heaven9]

zimcopter is very heavy 😅

[@fistteam]

Everything was goin great for the 🚁 guy until @ 4:43…Mustafa, the NTSB Inspector in his pink tie came in & put the “Kibosh” on ol’ Tze’s dreams, crushing them forever!!

[@fookjoebiden]

They wild for tryna fly these! 😂😂💀💀🪦🪦⚰️🥀

[@nickflix33]

This is the tip of the spear when it comes to innovation and intelligence.

[@barnabusbokassa5511]

GAMBIAN HOME MADE CHOPPER LOOKS LIKE A HAMAS RPG😂😂😂😂

[@russellking9762]

Orville and Wilbur Wright would have been discouraged by these guys and gone into the potato growing business instead

[@right584]

the opposite

[@josemiguelmunoz6985]

Did you said there weren't any amputations during the filming of this footage...? Miraculous!

[@cbjgdicad1]

Really impressed by the first guy if he perhaps had put something in place to prevent his machine being so severely damaged ...otherwise superb.

[@matteominellono]

Someone has to tell the second one not to pull the collective like a handbrake!

[@cameronlapworth2284]

He'd need to install a collective pitch system first. I couldn't see any control to the rotor other than speed. Perhaps he has some arrangement going through the mast and into the rotor? Not a system I've seen before.

[@matteominellono]

@@cameronlapworth2284 I think he is using the collective pitch control (that is my supposition of course when I see he is pulling it like a handbrake) but I don't see any throttle control (also because the quality of the video is far from being a 4K). Do you think he is using the collective as a throttle? That would be really amazing and scary at the same time.

[@matteominellono]

@@cameronlapworth2284 Now I understand! I wasn't checking the main rotor! Ok now that is impossible, it will just work like a fan, not being able to stabilize in neither directions! Even taking off would be impossible :D

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@matteominellono unsure. Unless he has a tube going through the mast and actuating in the middle? I can't see any swash plates or cyclic. May be some unconventional system.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@matteominellono if it doesn't have cyclic or collective I wonder if it even teeters. If there is no teeter hinge it will be a big gyroscope and any movement that happens will translate to a response on the rotor gyroscopic pressecion 90 degrees from that. It'll crash in seconds. Seems aft balanced too. Although this could be gyroscopic response from turn to the left (if tail rotor is just a fan) a left turn could induce a pitch up on the disk as that would be 90 degrees from left rotation. Just a guess a 100 things could cause it.

[@Rubin5342]

Diversity and inclusion always trumps design and function. Men can build these fabulous machines but they should wisely make women the test pilots! //ji

[@DeadKoby]

These folks are re-creating the earliest attempts at motorized flight. The first dude had the most promise.

[@Analysisy-746]

Heliheadman fly must give a Nobel prize for man wear full coats & tie 😂

[@morbloodethjenkins7646]

Hats off to the drive of HOPE...

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

I will do it proudly. The Force is strong this group it is.

[@mrbeefy604]

2nd guy needs to just slap a couple weights on the front to balance and he can bunny hop! Impressive tho cuz if he keeps at it without dying he could make that work

[@clementevaldez1271]

Stupid damned laughter... at least these people have the guts to try !!!

[@knutarneaakra6013]

People inventing the wheele once more just love it.highschoole is a great place for learning bashic

[@thedenizen6191]

Zimcopter has a flat tire. That's why it's not flying at this time.

[@alexanderkryl7169]

It will soon be certified and put into service! The future of mass transportation!

[@jeffmech600]

The one that wouldn't start😂. Take the main rotor off it will start

[@josephhawkins-ur4iw]

The dodo 🦤 copters😂 grounder 😆 well thats what russia has got to deal with now.😅😂

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

It's really not fair to make fun of them. Aviation went through an infancy with lots of these incidents. Helicopters have a shallower CG envelope than planes. And those helicopters don't hydraulics in the rotors to control lift and descent.

[@mosessalazar5484]

Thinking of modern passenger jet is scary enough.😅

[@theallseeingeye9388]

1:38 Bro has balls of steel no doubt...... That metal pipe across the rear wheels and the one below the tail rotor tells me this isnt his first rodeo. Its probably there because his earlier prototypes has flipped over its sides and also bottomed its tail. Somehow I get the feel building a backyard heli is much more dangerous than trying to build a fixed wing aircraft. You literally get a centre seat in a meat chopper regardless whether your build gets off the ground or not.n

[@trappedinkalifornee]

That first one did not deserve all that laughter, nothing funny there at all, a real attempt at building something from nothing, sorry it failed man!👍🏼👍🏼

[@kjelle5350]

I love these inventions.

[@Threefoldawareness]

Nothing but the best in aeronautics 👍👉🤝👈

[@ecomandurban7183]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RonRay]

I once thought that I could build an aircraft... then my mother enrolled me into the first grade at school. 🤣😂

[@sterain61]

Laugh all you want, but I don't see you building helicopters

[@beowolf9991]

I don't see them either

[@stephanebeaumont5509]

😂 and 😱 and 😭. C était bien essayé les gars, courage.

[@dainbramaged1]

that first one has some potential. good luck to him, i hope hell make it off and back to the ground in one piece. can anyone tell some details about this helicopter? looks rather like it was built from a kit than just from scratch, but nonetheless impressive regarding the possibilities they have

[@madcarew5168]

Should have done a wheel first...running b4 walking!!

[@tztz1949]

Great for static display until someone in your country gets an aeronautical engineering degree and a pilots license.

[@a-fl-man640]

1st guy did well before it crashed. everything else is cringe worthy. the guy who couldn't get his started looked like he was getting the airframe right. no clutch between the engine and rotor was a bit of an oversight. love the constant subscribe message. that adds a lot to the video.

[@FestungEuropa.v]

BUT they tried, it's the will that counts ^^ Eventually they'll do it.

[@cosmic2096]

Wtf , this BG filthy laugh just sucks 🙄 Appreciate them. They did it better than most folks ever could have

[@waynecox7986]

Make fun of them as you wish. But respect the fact that they had the courage to persue a dream or ambition. On that point alone I salute them, crazy or not. In the end, whether you accomplish your goals or not. It's the attempt that counts. P.S. don't let the world put you in a box. Cause it will end up being a coffin