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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • Some creative Africans have managed to do the impossible by making airplanes out of scraps, they are the cheapest airplanes and some do manage to fly, this is a compilation of DIY homemade airplanes/ aircraft from Africa and they are amazing inventions

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  • @Afrikleo
    @Afrikleo  8 месяцев назад +32

    Check out WEAPONS made in Africa
    ruclips.net/video/npXD2i90bXI/видео.html
    and MOVING SCRAPS, AFRICAN HOMEMADE CARS
    ruclips.net/video/3tpjTYOsR50/видео.html

    • @mobiousenigma
      @mobiousenigma 7 месяцев назад +3

      the wright brothers did this 100 +years ago so it is possible , but they and others lost friends learning things! the efforts out there research is available and if one wishes truly to fly they should be studied .

    • @AlfonseGambino
      @AlfonseGambino 6 месяцев назад +2

      I wish i had money I would sponsor these guys in a second. So little parts yet so much ingenuity. I could only imagine what they could build if they were provided good parts.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@mobiousenigma exactly

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  6 месяцев назад

      @@AlfonseGambino yes, such big dreams but no resources

    • @mobiousenigma
      @mobiousenigma 6 месяцев назад

      @@Afrikleoi would seriously suggest playing with an autogyro before trying powered rotors

  • @kwaaaa
    @kwaaaa 7 месяцев назад +654

    People don't understand how complex a helicopter swashplate mechanism is. The guy got a working helicopter, that is quite an achievement by any measure for ANYBODY, not just for somebody with limited resources. I hope he can safely continue building it, very impressive.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  7 месяцев назад +42

      really glad you appreciate the effort of these guys❤

    • @potrzebieneuman4702
      @potrzebieneuman4702 7 месяцев назад +26

      0:42 please tell me you don't think this turd is the same as the one that rolled over at 2:11 ......

    • @r_ex_7
      @r_ex_7 7 месяцев назад +27

      @@potrzebieneuman4702 idk how these guys in the comment section did not realize this. the whole tail rotor and arm is completely different and longer

    • @r_ex_7
      @r_ex_7 7 месяцев назад +17

      not the same heli in the testing vid

    • @pipbernadotte6707
      @pipbernadotte6707 7 месяцев назад +1

      He probably just bought a working helicopter.

  • @logsreports8049
    @logsreports8049 7 месяцев назад +198

    Serious props to the dude who built and flew that chopper....that was an amazing attempt at something that usually requires high tech machinery and specialized training WOW!

    • @afroaliens
      @afroaliens 7 месяцев назад +21

      yes... the same guy.... in the totaly same helicopter.... yeeees.... totaly.... you guys.....he did it!

    • @HGSolberg
      @HGSolberg 6 месяцев назад +13

      @@afroaliens You are right. It's not the same helicopter.

    • @Terence.McKenna
      @Terence.McKenna 6 месяцев назад +7

      It's easy to hate on these guys, laugh at their failed attempts. But they honestly deserve respect for the dedication and work put into these goofy machines. Da Vinci was doing the same thing

    • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
      @A_Stereotypical_Heretic 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@Terence.McKennada Vinci lived 400 years ago...

    • @Landrew0
      @Landrew0 5 месяцев назад +2

      I respect success, not failure.

  • @chrishan9138
    @chrishan9138 Год назад +470

    The physics and designs of simple aircraft are well documented... I get that they're building from whatever material is available, but only one of these guys seems to have studied the basics.

    • @Kj16V
      @Kj16V 11 месяцев назад +54

      I mean most of these were blatantly made for fun.

    • @whoknows3814
      @whoknows3814 11 месяцев назад +43

      You can take the engineers to the jungle
      But you can't take the jungle to avionics 😂

    • @TheGrobe
      @TheGrobe 11 месяцев назад +36

      Yeah why don’t they pull out their laptops and log into their high-speed satellite Internet and use their credit card to get some skill-share or classes or something?

    • @joeelias2515
      @joeelias2515 11 месяцев назад +3

      @whoknows. Wow! Hats off for this coinage, a deeply thought provoking statement you have put out here.

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 11 месяцев назад +15

      Cargo cult activity

  • @cranegantry868
    @cranegantry868 11 месяцев назад +194

    Pilot at 1:05 successfully flew, hovered, rotated at hover height, but something went wrong (tail rotor speed looked incorrect). He got out alive. He has done well. I hope he keeps trying.

    • @senhormaskarado
      @senhormaskarado 11 месяцев назад +26

      indirectly the 1st video shows a helicopter calling from an African man in the second completely where there is a flight this man and here from Brazil I know this because it was featured in a television report and in this complete video he even gives an interview to a group of bimbeiros here from my country (Brazil) where the commander of the fire group talks to him and from the orientation and despite it being dangerous he praised him for his creativity, this man is from a state here in Brazil called Minas Gerais which is one of the 27 states of Brazil, please author of the video correct this error so as not to confuse people with misinformation.

    • @slowpoke96Z28
      @slowpoke96Z28 9 месяцев назад +8

      Any landing you walk away from is a successful one...

    • @maximuskay1
      @maximuskay1 7 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@senhormaskaradothat's a completely different helicopter than the one pictured in the video.

    • @coolalif7002
      @coolalif7002 3 месяца назад

      It seem thé first days of plane inventory

  • @dustin1931
    @dustin1931 8 месяцев назад +106

    2:53 The guy welding with no protection and his eyes closed is the real hero. 😂

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  8 месяцев назад +4

      ha!ha!

    • @OkieDokieSmokie
      @OkieDokieSmokie 7 месяцев назад +16

      i caught my uncle doing that and he owned an auto parts store that sold welding helmets.

    • @tonyhill8300
      @tonyhill8300 7 месяцев назад +2

      Afool more like

    • @nicholassalmon8054
      @nicholassalmon8054 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@OkieDokieSmokie😂😂😂😂 wtf

    • @Huitzilopochtli526
      @Huitzilopochtli526 7 месяцев назад +2

      Steel Helicopter

  •  Год назад +284

    The laughter right after the aircraft on the ramp crashes... priceless.

    • @MADmosche
      @MADmosche 11 месяцев назад +19

      Perfect analogy for the “intelligence” of these types of people 😂

    • @jonnie2bad
      @jonnie2bad 11 месяцев назад

      that thing was pretty close to vref

    • @benjaminmcclatchey9814
      @benjaminmcclatchey9814 11 месяцев назад +2

      Education is fundamental….

    • @basscoversimulation3167
      @basscoversimulation3167 11 месяцев назад +1

      No, it's their sense of humour.

    • @birdbrainedboy
      @birdbrainedboy 7 месяцев назад +10

      “A few glorious seconds” it wasn’t even in the air for one second

  • @davidnasa7480
    @davidnasa7480 11 месяцев назад +42

    The Boeing 254 just killed me 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @NCRP710
      @NCRP710 3 месяца назад +2

      Same

    • @electro_king_official
      @electro_king_official 2 месяца назад +2

      head chopping machine

    • @onasiscastro1324
      @onasiscastro1324 2 месяца назад +3

      @@electro_king_official More like head whacking machine.

    • @akybvaka1985
      @akybvaka1985 2 месяца назад +1

      I wonder what Boeing made of this replica 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @nounoufriend1442
      @nounoufriend1442 2 месяца назад

      @@akybvaka1985 Sailed through Boeings quality control 🙂

  • @theenarams
    @theenarams 11 месяцев назад +47

    Thats Africa Space Research Program for you 😂😂😂 one even had a working air conditioner 😂😂😂😂

    • @rzella8022
      @rzella8022 7 месяцев назад

      After China & India put a CGI spaceship on the moon; I'm surprised Africa hasn't put one up too. Should be easy for lying serpent NA SA. Just think how happy it would make the continent to be up there with the big white boys and their Hollywand space program.

    • @veterick1270
      @veterick1270 Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @epsyuma
    @epsyuma 8 месяцев назад +10

    This is a historic moment for Air Nairobi! Ten men are pushing the aircraft, and it's moving! Historic! Next, this homemade chopper was made by Nagombe Madunga, who has never seen the inside of a bathroom. Glorious! Last is Mr. Fucktutut Dingus, who has built his own rocket ship and is ready to go into outer space. He only needs a few more years to finish his project, which, by the way, will be his last.

  • @CZpersi
    @CZpersi 11 месяцев назад +26

    It is great to see those guys having some fun and learning stuff in the process.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  11 месяцев назад +4

      they are living their life.😁

  • @doubleedgedfist1535
    @doubleedgedfist1535 Год назад +91

    I admire their ambition! Although they don’t understand the basics of flight and aerodynamics.

    • @NICU_Guy
      @NICU_Guy Год назад +8

      I love the shape of the wing at 8:17 No attempt to make an airfoil.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  Год назад +1

      they are still learning

    • @Hartwig870
      @Hartwig870 Год назад +39

      @@Afrikleo No. They're look at something and copying it without understanding even the most basic concepts of flight. This isn't learning, its make believe.

    • @ANTOperator
      @ANTOperator Год назад +9

      @@Hartwig870 Tbf the first whirlybird was pretty much as flawless as a backyard scrap project could get. It's failure to land wasn't the result of some extreme design failure either.

    • @ronaldgreen5292
      @ronaldgreen5292 Год назад +7

      Yes but some I'm do have a knowledge of flight in aviation. You have to give them credit for even trying to build an aircraft period!! Remember, most of these people in African countries, are living in poverty, and, use the limited resources that are available to them!! Most of these people are very intelligent as well!!

  • @kenwilliams7597
    @kenwilliams7597 Год назад +62

    I love the commentary. This is pure comedy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @vanhuvanhuvese2738
      @vanhuvanhuvese2738 10 месяцев назад +2

      This guy is low key making fun of them

    • @ObakengKontle
      @ObakengKontle 4 месяца назад

      O😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂ne day the year come Africa will rise up the western, Asian and European keep 😂 laughing at us but the time it will come.Love from South Africa

  • @Pedro-bu8xd
    @Pedro-bu8xd Год назад +162

    The mechanic who actually took off in his homemade helicopter was successfull.... Considering his limited resources that is actually quite impressive!!!! His undoing was the spin he got into as he attempted to land. If he can work on that issue he should be 'good to go'!!! Never say never!!!

    • @sirclassics
      @sirclassics Год назад +13

      That's not him.

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator Год назад +2

      Him, the mechanic? You know him?!?)))

    • @Pazuzu-2048
      @Pazuzu-2048 Год назад +15

      LOL, are you serious? That's not even the same helicopter. 😂🤣

    • @sirclassics
      @sirclassics Год назад +8

      @@Pazuzu-2048 You've noticed it also 😂 I thought im the only one.

    • @mikeb.7068
      @mikeb.7068 11 месяцев назад +12

      Different helicopter. Look closely.

  • @Bear-nu8xm
    @Bear-nu8xm 7 месяцев назад +21

    Aircraft designs have been extremely available for a long time!

    • @viciousyeen6644
      @viciousyeen6644 Месяц назад +1

      Yes even children can build working model planes from freely available information. All one had to do is to make it bigger

  • @Timedelayedfuse
    @Timedelayedfuse 7 месяцев назад +116

    Africa is such a comedic place.

    • @rgp8038
      @rgp8038 6 месяцев назад +31

      Not if you're a white South African farmer.

    • @Timedelayedfuse
      @Timedelayedfuse 6 месяцев назад

      @@rgp8038 Bring back Apartheid.

    • @henrykemka2164
      @henrykemka2164 5 месяцев назад

      Butt hole engineering

    • @Tepaneca
      @Tepaneca 5 месяцев назад +15

      Truly the laughingstock of the world

    • @Matt0ize
      @Matt0ize 4 месяца назад

      Funny the asians were colonised by the europeans too but they at least they learn something from them and thrive. Africans are just special kind of humans

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter4199 Год назад +51

    The hilarious part is that these rocket scientists are dead serious that their….craft will actually fly. They really need to learn what an airfoil is and why aluminum is a better thing to use when building their projects. Oh, and ceiling fans are not to be confused as a propulsion system.

    • @christalone527
      @christalone527 3 месяца назад +1

      You're absolutely right ❤

    • @10191927
      @10191927 3 месяца назад +1

      🤔 Almost as if building a functioning aircraft requires…engineering, an understanding of physics, and you know….an education….and flight school.

    • @83dude
      @83dude 2 месяца назад

      They believe that if you superglue a battery to a fan you've got a working plane, Next stop wakanda

    • @sadikirungo
      @sadikirungo Месяц назад

      Look at videos of how planes were invented. These African ones looks more advanced as they have materials

    • @Isochest
      @Isochest Месяц назад

      ​@@10191927 Think what they could do with the resources you mentioned

  • @failranch9542
    @failranch9542 Год назад +95

    The helicopter was the most impressive thing I’ve seen in a long while. It flew. I have to think it was pilot error that it crashed - the guy has likely never actually flown a helicopter so he’s doing it by just his understanding of how the controls work. No real muscle memory. That’s terrifying but also very impressive he got as far as he did.

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator Год назад +10

      I think you underestimate the pilot, that's almost surely not what happened. Not only this guydesigned and built a workimg chopper from leftovers, he actually had controls, if shabby. Tgat means he predicted how to control it, did it with a little difficulty, but one thing malfunctioned. The compensation tail proppeller, rather tge engine or controls of it. See, you steer the azimuth (just horizontal) with pedals on standard choppers. There's only two, working like a stepmachine, pivoting assymetrically - if one gets pressed - other lifts up. You got to have them even to stand or fly stright, you depress the side you want to turn to, besides tilt with a joistick. In this casehe could have just pressed the left pedal and chopper would stop spinning right, in nearly 10 seconds it became uncontrollable, he didn't need any muscle memory to just stop it from spinning and even reverse direction. Judging from the principle, tail proppeller started to spin way too slow to compensate for big proppellers angular momentum to stay still. Big one spins clockwise looking from above, so with insufficient force from the tail it winds all chopper in opposite direction. I meant from below ., sorry. All pedal control does is adjust the tail rotor'speed to turn or be in balance of both forces from both proppellers. The tail control/engine power failed.

    • @brunobastos5533
      @brunobastos5533 Год назад +8

      Helicopters hate hover so low, because then enter a loop of is own vórtice getting unstable and lose lift

    • @ianwilkinson4602
      @ianwilkinson4602 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@dannydetonator I hope he reads this, it would be a great help.

    • @mikeb.7068
      @mikeb.7068 11 месяцев назад +8

      The flying helicopter was a different machine to the African helicopter. Look closely at individual parts like the landing skids and nose cone.

    • @normg2242
      @normg2242 11 месяцев назад

      I wonder if his design took gyroscopic precession into account. That alone would have made that thing completely uncontrollable...

  • @dextros_laboratory
    @dextros_laboratory 5 месяцев назад +12

    Boeing silenced the whistleblower who made this video

  • @user-lh4tw9qp1j
    @user-lh4tw9qp1j 11 месяцев назад +9

    Молодцы Африканские ребята, они много трудятся, изобретают, умеют смеяться, радоваться новому, необычному, они рвутся летать в небо как птицы!! Браво!!👍👌👏👏👏👏👏😂😂😂😂

    • @satiekanu-nx2yt
      @satiekanu-nx2yt 3 месяца назад

      We want to fly to Ruslan with our own made jets Man, cool.

  • @user-oo3vz2gt6v
    @user-oo3vz2gt6v 7 месяцев назад +52

    I *love* how Africans never actually do things but just renact things they see elsewhere.
    Like other continents children would.
    Entirely unaware of what is needed to actually *do* those things.
    Not just inventions but in every day life as well.
    Its one hughe continent stuffed full with make believe play.

    • @clifforddurbin5168
      @clifforddurbin5168 6 месяцев назад +2

      Do you dislike Africans?

    • @user-oo3vz2gt6v
      @user-oo3vz2gt6v 6 месяцев назад +18

      @@clifforddurbin5168 In Africa?
      No.
      They are fun to watch. Its like observing stone age people trying to cope with civilization.
      Its good entertainment and it doesn't affect me in the slightest, so all is fine from my end.
      Do you dislike them and if so why would you?

    • @thesub-5man725
      @thesub-5man725 4 месяца назад

      Yeah, Pretty much, like babies, child-like mentality level, That is why other coutnries only go there to exploit the agriculture land resources. No security, no Infrastrucutre, just chaos, poverty, and suffering.

    • @arrowsom
      @arrowsom 4 месяца назад +5

      I got the same impression as if watching young children playing make believe.

    • @clifforddurbin5168
      @clifforddurbin5168 4 месяца назад

      @@user-oo3vz2gt6v I assume you don't dislike Asia? Am I correct?

  • @manojkhedekaraayuanu
    @manojkhedekaraayuanu Месяц назад +5

    One can laugh hearts out but THE THOUGHT of creating something from a scratch is definitely worthwhile.. Hats off🎉❤

    • @neocenobyte
      @neocenobyte Месяц назад

      No, it’s not! All this proves is what a waste of time and energy it is when people don’t know what they’re doing.
      Get an engineering degree first if you want respectable results. Otherwise, it’s just idiocy while on khat

    • @ernestwhite2989
      @ernestwhite2989 Месяц назад

      @@neocenobyte that's not what orvil told wilber

    • @neocenobyte
      @neocenobyte Месяц назад

      @@ernestwhite2989 i don’t think wilbur did khat, so i agree.

  • @Dylanjon353
    @Dylanjon353 3 месяца назад +13

    Man that home made helicopter at the start was so impressive. That man alone did more than some startups which get millions in funding.

    • @user-qb1lq9xf1d
      @user-qb1lq9xf1d 3 месяца назад +1

      That was horrible. Could have lost his head. It broke apart. What impressive ?

    • @Jesse-wn6jd
      @Jesse-wn6jd 3 месяца назад

      ​@@user-qb1lq9xf1dI'd love to see you attempt this

    • @Ercan-cy3we
      @Ercan-cy3we 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@user-qb1lq9xf1dit was probably his first test flight, it is Impressive, you can't expect perfection at the first attempt, but he is definitely in the right direction.

    • @nev781
      @nev781 3 месяца назад

      ​@@user-qb1lq9xf1dthe thing actually lifted off the ground atleast few feet/meters. and it is "HOMEMADE"

    • @user-mv9zi3qc6b
      @user-mv9zi3qc6b Месяц назад

      ​@@user-qb1lq9xf1dA soldier goes to war not knowing if he will die or survive...none the less you still go. That's what this guy did! He's brave😂

  • @rangerjones5531
    @rangerjones5531 11 месяцев назад +23

    Amazing that the one helicopter actually got airborne! Closest to success I’ve seen in these cargo cult videos 👍

    • @rzella8022
      @rzella8022 7 месяцев назад +1

      Mad Max!

    • @Clarence_13x
      @Clarence_13x 7 месяцев назад

      You follow your own version of John Frum, and the world is tired of depending on your kind.

    • @1GStain
      @1GStain 6 месяцев назад

      You don't need to vent out on a stranger.. 5:20 this is nothing short of comedic.. and commentary is a mockery..

  • @philiporr7788
    @philiporr7788 11 месяцев назад +30

    I wish all the featured engineers and visionaries the very best of luck.
    Wonderful stuff

    • @ThinkAboutMyComment
      @ThinkAboutMyComment 7 месяцев назад

      They’re not engineers. African countries make transcontinental airlines with better track records than those in China and even African brand SUV in major auto plants.
      These are the diy’ers. It just goes viral because people don’t know how developed Africa is because of the news

  • @Legotron
    @Legotron 11 месяцев назад +17

    I love how passionate these folks are given little they have.
    4:43 "...meanwhile Samuel in Angola" caught me a bit off guard as to what to expect.

  • @jazzmansideshow
    @jazzmansideshow Год назад +8

    It' like watchng videos made over 100 years ago! Thanks.

  • @AntonySantoshGeorge
    @AntonySantoshGeorge 5 месяцев назад +6

    This is why physics should be taught in schools.

  • @NICU_Guy
    @NICU_Guy Год назад +51

    4:07 I guess by their criteria I flew my first airplane when I was 10 yrs old. I jumped a ramp with my bicycle and was "airborne for a few glorious seconds".

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  Год назад +3

      yeah that's his story

    • @normg2242
      @normg2242 11 месяцев назад +4

      That's exactly what I was thinking...lol

    • @davidd2661
      @davidd2661 8 месяцев назад

      You were airborne for seconds with a bicycle? 😂😂😂

  • @opidopie
    @opidopie 7 месяцев назад +8

    8 minutes in, having an AC unit on the back of the plane made me cry😂

  • @ajkulac9895
    @ajkulac9895 4 месяца назад +6

    Trying and failing is much better than never trying at all.

  • @Workerbee-zy5nx
    @Workerbee-zy5nx Год назад +17

    Very close to a breakthrough..maybe study rc airplanes, then apply it to full size..study, study...👍

  • @Johnsmith-zn2rz
    @Johnsmith-zn2rz 11 месяцев назад +22

    First guy in helicopter is lucky that the blades didn't take his head off!

    • @LinetKageni
      @LinetKageni 8 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

    • @kikomekosimon3503
      @kikomekosimon3503 4 месяца назад

      😂😂😂😮😅😅 , but at least he tried than others else

    • @wilhelmgauthier3184
      @wilhelmgauthier3184 2 месяца назад

      Je trouve ce gars très émouvant. Cet engin a dû lui coûter beaucoup d'heures de travail. Et en 10 secondes tout est anéanti... le principal est qu'il n'est pas blessé. Nous lui souhaitons le meilleur, et le succès dans ses réalisations futures...

  • @beggyjohn
    @beggyjohn 11 месяцев назад +41

    There's an old say, if you don't try you'll never know. I admire these guys for trying to make something with very little. I'm very impressed. Keep trying and you'll get there!

    • @chudleyflusher7132
      @chudleyflusher7132 8 месяцев назад +14

      You don’t have to try these things to determine if they will work or fail! Aerodynamics is a well studied, well understood field.
      There is no reason to make things that we already know have no chance of working.
      I just wish they were bright enough to learn actual engineering, instead of this nonsense.

    • @davidd2661
      @davidd2661 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@chudleyflusher7132that's one way to approach it, but I kind of aggree with you.

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie 8 месяцев назад +3

      I don't agree. I believe I have more resources, and education, than most people here. And I can Google any topic. But I know my limitations and won't try something that can kill me or the spectators.

    • @Latin-J
      @Latin-J 7 месяцев назад

      @chudleyflusher7132 not everyone has the access to knowledge and information that you do. these people are hobbyists, using whatever information they have and I think they are doing pretty good.

    • @chudleyflusher7132
      @chudleyflusher7132 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Latin-J
      They don’t have the internet? Because I’m almost certain it is widely available in Africa. Aren’t all these videos recorded on smartphones?

  • @goingoutonmyshield2811
    @goingoutonmyshield2811 7 месяцев назад +4

    Finally some people that can compete with Lockheed Martin

  • @kledomuc1713
    @kledomuc1713 7 месяцев назад +4

    Big respect for the working helicopter. I'm glad that he could escape uninjured.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  7 месяцев назад

      these men are really brave

  • @alexfad242
    @alexfad242 Год назад +53

    Эти парни стремятся к своей мечте и пусть у них всё получится!

    • @Artistichomeske
      @Artistichomeske 11 месяцев назад

      Это невозможно, поскольку африканскими правительствами руководят дураки, которые только выигрывают от коррупции

    • @Breal604
      @Breal604 11 месяцев назад

      Ussr gtfo

  • @Dil-Sacha-hai
    @Dil-Sacha-hai 11 месяцев назад +11

    That chirping birds sound soon after crash was epic😂

  • @jamesshannon737
    @jamesshannon737 9 месяцев назад +2

    Aw Gabriel is just living his best life! Love it!

  • @nessuno7510
    @nessuno7510 Год назад +36

    these "flying" structures seem very safe because they never fall from the sky...😎

  • @deltamike33
    @deltamike33 11 месяцев назад +138

    While the world is in 2023, Africa is finally reaching 1895

    • @tommypaget2294
      @tommypaget2294 5 месяцев назад +2

      lol lol lol 😂😂😂😂

    • @chakelacaleb8176
      @chakelacaleb8176 5 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂 true that broe.... 😂😂😂😂😂 m dead wit laughter...

    • @anekartrelaxationfilms6813
      @anekartrelaxationfilms6813 4 месяца назад +1

      So true😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Aintyourbuddy_guy
      @Aintyourbuddy_guy 4 месяца назад

      It's funny but kind of awesome too lol 😂

    • @amjan
      @amjan 4 месяца назад +4

      They are not reaching it at all.

  • @chrisgermann6658
    @chrisgermann6658 Год назад +11

    hats off to the first hellicopter at least he had it airborn.

  • @kaox44
    @kaox44 6 месяцев назад +5

    "For a few glorious seconds, Upendo is Airborne....and then it crashes to the ground. Another dream dashed.".....that's some serious comedy. ROFL!!!!!

  • @credera
    @credera 7 месяцев назад +39

    Afrika will still be Afrika in 100 years. Nothing will change.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  6 месяцев назад +2

      what makes you say that?

    • @anthonyscottferreira
      @anthonyscottferreira 6 месяцев назад +23

      @@Afrikleo The fact that nothing has changed for the last 2000 years.

    • @abdullrahman8241
      @abdullrahman8241 6 месяцев назад +9

      Dude these are villagers, the poorest people in the country with very little resources, their ambition is admirable. Where is your homemade plane? Have you ever traveled to a third world?

    • @anthonyscottferreira
      @anthonyscottferreira 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@abdullrahman8241 well with your logic ill just fold up some paper and call it plane. are you satisfied? It would actually fly unlike these things lol.

    • @pojuh645
      @pojuh645 6 месяцев назад

      @@abdullrahman8241 it's just about being realistic. They don't even have a rocket engine yet xD nor do they have any proper electric wireing, air stabilizing software and know-how, or proper interior for a save journey. this thing if it were to enter the stratosphare from space would probably burn into 1000 pieces if not right at the start. Maybe that's also how the idea of a space craft startet in other countries 100 years ago. but why putting people into so much danger with such limited resources? with thouse amount of resources a real flying spacecraft that is safe to use would probably take multiple generations xD maybe more than 3 generations, he won't ever finish a flying spacecraft with these resources within his lifetime. it's just delusional. Just getting a working jet engine and doing all the proper calculations and getting the software to work is a lot. Nasa back then had a huge room full of the best and most educated engineers/programmers and whatever of the world doing endless calculations and stuff like that and in modern world countries this is done within a decade like elon musk. But african space program is more than 100 years away before they could reach nasa levels from 50 years ago.
      If they try to send these things to space in their delusion, people will die.

  • @scottpearce9185
    @scottpearce9185 7 месяцев назад +6

    As a pilot myself… I have so much respect for these guys. It’s tough being brought up in a country with not many resources for bright minds like these. Should laugh at these guys.. they are more impressive than you might think

    • @wilhelmgauthier3184
      @wilhelmgauthier3184 2 месяца назад

      Ils revivent, pour de bon, les premières sensations des tout premiers pionniers de l'aviation... C'est très émouvant (sans parler de l'humour de ces africains, cette façon de rigoler sans aucune méchanceté)...

  • @christiankaiser7747
    @christiankaiser7747 11 месяцев назад +8

    The "helicopter" at 6:04 is of course not flyable but at least its a pretty cool looking car 😂
    Always funny to see these self build vehicles

  • @grodegeu
    @grodegeu Год назад +10

    Well, exept for the first one with his amazing machine all the other looks like kids playin. If you want to create a plane from zero then start to buil a glider like the Wright brothers did

    • @Bialy_1
      @Bialy_1 Месяц назад +1

      The first one is also kids like playin machine... you are confusing it with that Brazilian helicopter video that was showed as a test flight of this helicopter... Look again the "bike mechanic" was clearly trying to make one that was looking like the one from Brazil but failed even in do it corectly...
      Also look how the tair rotor axis is welded off-center -> nothing in that contraption is balanced to be able to even rotate with significant speed!

  • @emmylast6818
    @emmylast6818 2 месяца назад +1

    I could not control my laughter, this vid made my day.

  • @billyryan5456
    @billyryan5456 2 месяца назад +1

    the unstoppable curiousity and heartwarming support of the african people are admirable

  • @Nebarus
    @Nebarus 4 месяца назад +3

    At that stunning innovation pace, man will surely be flying by 2150...

  • @DavidlianchungnungaRoyte-bs7kz
    @DavidlianchungnungaRoyte-bs7kz Год назад +11

    There's two things that the plane can't fly
    1. It is made out of metal,and too heavy to lift up
    2.the engine isn't powerful enough to lift up,it move the plane,but couldn't lift up
    At least he tried his best,like they said
    "Always learn from your mistakes "

  • @EC-ki5wv
    @EC-ki5wv 7 месяцев назад +5

    WAKANDA FOEWVEREE🎉🎉🎉 🐒🐒🐒

  • @iraqiimmigrant2908
    @iraqiimmigrant2908 7 месяцев назад +2

    The guy who built the helicopter is truly impressive, he had it taking off which is a huge achievement, especially with minimal resources.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  6 месяцев назад +1

      he just lacked a piloting license

  • @crazymonkeyVII
    @crazymonkeyVII 7 месяцев назад +2

    Props to that first guy! He clearly knew what he was doing (and I commend his courage in getting in that shaky vibrating construction). I find it heart breaking to see the waste of potential displayed in this video. Most of these designs are caricatures of airplanes, not actual airplanes. Imagine if these builders' determination and resourcefulness were matched with as much as a basic introductory concept about how aircraft fly! Loved that "Boeing" helicopter though, that design was out of this world 🤣

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  7 месяцев назад

      😅 they will soon achieve their dreams

  • @bobmahnamahknob
    @bobmahnamahknob 7 месяцев назад +41

    These look like children making a "spaceship" out of boxes.
    Same mentality level.

    • @stray8468
      @stray8468 4 месяца назад +4

      not at all, one of them actually had it fly.
      I'd like to see you do something even close to this

    • @yourfriend9503
      @yourfriend9503 4 месяца назад +3

      Show us yours and we will talk barbie! The guys never went to school so how about that?

    • @bobmahnamahknob
      @bobmahnamahknob 4 месяца назад +8

      @@yourfriend9503 I (used to) construct buildings. They weren't made of mud and sticks. They're still standing today. Take your little "TheSe dUdES aRe aMaZiNG" shite elsewhere.

    • @kingghidorah5213
      @kingghidorah5213 4 месяца назад

      Well yeah, then go to Africa and build a plane with the same Budget as them. I mean that helicopter is incredible​ i mean it took us westerners until 1939 to get a helicopter flying and we had a lot more ressources and money available than this guy.@@bobmahnamahknob

    • @kingghidorah5213
      @kingghidorah5213 4 месяца назад

      Well yeah, then go to Africa and build a plane with the same Budget as them. I mean that helicopter is incredible​ i mean it took us westerners until 1939 to get a helicopter flying and we had a lot more ressources and money available than this guy.@@bobmahnamahknob

  • @chadmiller2224
    @chadmiller2224 Год назад +4

    Bless their hearts. They try. If only they understood how an airplane or heli really works. The first heli was a good starting point. But some are hilarious because they are so heavy and have 10hp engines and tiny propellors. The heli's dont even have curved rotors either.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  Год назад

      they will one day make it ..its a process

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Afrikleo No, they won't, at all
      They will lose access to these materials and return back to their tribal roots where they belong

    • @davidd2661
      @davidd2661 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@NatCo-Supremacistdamn you really be giving the stress out in racism😂
      Who slept with her?

  • @Zodliness
    @Zodliness 7 месяцев назад +4

    Moral of the story: Just because you can build something that looks and functions like a helicopter, one shouldn't voluntarily throw oneself at the mercy of what's essentially a big homemade food blender. 🤔😉

  • @blueblubber6607
    @blueblubber6607 11 месяцев назад +2

    Although some versions (like the one from Angola) have limited flying capabilities I am still impressed by the work that was done. When you look at old films from the first planes in Europe and America many of these takeoffs were less elegant than the ones we've seen, and these guys do it with a minimum amount of money, scrap metal and hard work.
    Keeping the dream alive is an essential for success for any person and any country.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  11 месяцев назад

      I'm delighted that you appreciate talent.

    • @salvatoresalernatano5964
      @salvatoresalernatano5964 6 месяцев назад

      Ahahahaahhahahahahhahaahahahah ahahahaahhahahahahhahaahahahah ahahahaahhahahahahhahaahahahah

  • @richardmcmurry9102
    @richardmcmurry9102 3 месяца назад

    Regardless whether these things fly you’ve got to really appreciate their vision to fly and also all the work they put into these crafts. I applaud all of these extraordinary gentlemen.

  • @fredbesari3614
    @fredbesari3614 Год назад +12

    Can the Government sponsor this guy to an aircraft engineering school, erect the workshop, and let them build. Very impressive raw creative talents.

    • @jetli740
      @jetli740 7 месяцев назад

      NO, they only get themself kill. if Government sponsor would be some one finished their degreed in engineering and avionics .

  • @jasonbell5905
    @jasonbell5905 11 месяцев назад +19

    Can you imagine having the interest and motivation to try to build your own air craft from nothing? These men really can use some good backing, who knows what they can achieve.

    • @FarmerDrew
      @FarmerDrew 11 месяцев назад

      That's what I think about when I watch these. Dude gets home from the hauling water 10 miles each way and the whole time all he could think about was working on his helicopter.

    • @matacabrones4317
      @matacabrones4317 11 месяцев назад +7

      hahahah, nothing

    • @jasonbell5905
      @jasonbell5905 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@matacabrones4317 you have one of those nice mirror’s I see 🤣

  • @s3xyt874
    @s3xyt874 7 месяцев назад +6

    these fantastic people have an excellent down to earth sense of humour...its what the world needs

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  7 месяцев назад

      facts💯

    • @Abhishek__Parihar
      @Abhishek__Parihar 7 месяцев назад +7

      Their planes are also down to earth, that's why they don't takeoff

  • @RyzZaveri
    @RyzZaveri 7 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing effort. All this may seem frivolous but will produce consequent results in the future. All the best to these "engineers".

  • @RC-Flight
    @RC-Flight 2 месяца назад +1

    We have all heard of the wright Brothers, well these are the wrong brothers LOL!The heli that got off the ground was very impressive though!

  • @rebelvette1
    @rebelvette1 7 месяцев назад +6

    The indomitable human spirit on display right here!

  • @legendovbago4716
    @legendovbago4716 11 месяцев назад +3

    The first ugandan guy is serious but kenyans all comedians 😂😂

    • @Bialy_1
      @Bialy_1 Месяц назад +1

      The first one made his heli to look like the Brazilian one that was showed as a test flight of the one showed at the beggining... but if you compare them carefully they are completely different...
      Even tail rotor axis is not mounted in the center of that metal plate that he made there... that vehicle would rip itself apart from imbalance if you would try to power this blades to any significant speeds!

  • @Austins_Corner
    @Austins_Corner Год назад +35

    I think many of these builders have the building and fabrication talent to build successful aircraft if they only copied plans of successful airframes. Instead, they build things that seem to be a childs drawings of what a plane might look like.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  Год назад +2

      this is all they have in mind for now ...they are still learning from their mistakes am sure of it

    • @GenericJohnDoe
      @GenericJohnDoe Год назад

      @@Afrikleo But i thought there should be internet aviable? Where they can look up the plans and the principles of flight? At least some supporters should be able to provide these kind of informations?

    • @joriankell1983
      @joriankell1983 Год назад +4

      ​@@Afrikleo people are going to die that way. Aviation isn't for amateurs.

    • @lo2740
      @lo2740 Год назад +1

      well, sorry to say you are thinking wrongly, if they had the "talent" they would have done things correctly, that is starting from freely available and proven plans of ultralight, already build by hundreds if not thousands of individuals around the world with perfect success. It doesnt even requires exotic or impossible to source materials, just some scrap aluminum, a rotax, and a basic workshop. Most of africa has access to internet, plans are numerous, proven, working, free and easy to get. So you have to understand there is more going on here. First many of these projects are scams, to lure locals (african) investors, second another big part of these "projects" are "cargo cultism", that already removes 98% of these project which are not about building an actual viable and working aircraft. In the 2% remaining, i would say half are delusional peoples, that let 1% of decent peoples with an actual projects, some of these are working, sometimes.

    • @misdangered4326
      @misdangered4326 Год назад +7

      @@AfrikleoWhy don’t they save time and learn from mistakes already made by others 100 years ago? 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @olanlevan8470
    @olanlevan8470 7 месяцев назад +1

    True pioneers willing to defy all the odds in the hope of flight and one day they will be successful for all their hard work.

  • @user-mx9gw8st4b
    @user-mx9gw8st4b 7 месяцев назад +2

    You've made my day as nuclear engineer! Speechless...

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  6 месяцев назад

      glad you enjoyed

  • @billlexington5788
    @billlexington5788 7 месяцев назад +8

    That guy with the working helicopter, I was disappointed to see the crash. Dude may need a faster rotation on the tail rotor but is obviously very smart.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  7 месяцев назад +3

      he just needs some piloting classes

  • @Barmaley80x
    @Barmaley80x Год назад +5

    Надо организовывать тематический туризм. Взял бы россыпь резцов и этому бы чуваку бы подогнал. Не уверен конечно что у него токарный есть. Но талантам надо помогать. Бездарности пробьются сами.

  • @cleverusernamecl5532
    @cleverusernamecl5532 7 месяцев назад +5

    We Wuz Kangz!

  • @chris101gray3
    @chris101gray3 Месяц назад +2

    "Da choppa has a few years before it can flie...But it moovs" 😂😂😂

  • @joelsdobermans45
    @joelsdobermans45 3 месяца назад

    This is awesome to see how people are trying to create it on their own without the tools they need

  • @pojuh645
    @pojuh645 7 месяцев назад +5

    Damn, african space research program makes the world really hard for Elon Musk.

    • @henrykemka2164
      @henrykemka2164 5 месяцев назад

      Fucked up people 😂

    • @moschettiflavio3635
      @moschettiflavio3635 4 месяца назад

      Putting on the same level African folks who probably earn 10 dollars a month and got to spend them all in food and still starve, to a billionaire son of a emerald mine owner... Priceless

    • @user-ez9en7vk2z
      @user-ez9en7vk2z Месяц назад

      Ironically Elon Musk is from Africa.

  • @h.plovecraftn-4307
    @h.plovecraftn-4307 Год назад +12

    Wakanda forever ♾️🌎✈️🛫🛬💥

  • @coloradomountainman8659
    @coloradomountainman8659 6 месяцев назад +4

    The Ugandan Air Force is alive and well!

  • @cryMoreLoL
    @cryMoreLoL Месяц назад +4

    So that’s where Ukraines $60B aid went.

  • @ramjipatel2306
    @ramjipatel2306 11 месяцев назад +2

    I salute them for their inventive spirit. Keep going success is right in the corner!

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  11 месяцев назад +1

      they should keep at it

  • @JP-vs1ys
    @JP-vs1ys Месяц назад

    these guys are awesome. imagine having the guts and determination to try this when you don't have the money or tools to do it. yeah it's some failures but still just great.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  28 дней назад

      They only lack in terms of funds alone

  • @PatrolenTrol-rp8ml
    @PatrolenTrol-rp8ml 11 месяцев назад +9

    2:05: Well done to this guy. His helicopter flew!! Lessons learned, the next project will fly better.

  • @toshiarichardson9627
    @toshiarichardson9627 Год назад +41

    I commend you. Watching the first helicopter felt like watching Orville and Wilburs first attempt, although with sheet metal and it being a chopper and not a plane. If i had the money I'd buy a few junk airplanes and cars and ship them to you all, then come over and help ya get something flying

    • @GarageSteve420
      @GarageSteve420 11 месяцев назад +3

      Dude that was exactly what I thought

    • @charlesndeleki6546
      @charlesndeleki6546 11 месяцев назад +2

      Good man

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад

      So you would waste money to watch these people mess around and get nothing done at all?

    • @toshiarichardson9627
      @toshiarichardson9627 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@NatCo-Supremacist a simpler answer would be yes it's the American way.....isn't that the exact description of our government.....a waste of money watching people get nothing done?

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад

      @@toshiarichardson9627 You have almost a good point, but the thing is, our government isn't getting "nothing" done, they are simply hiding what they are trying to do. They need you to think they're useless and do nothing so you don't expect them to accomplish their secret goal of destroying White people as a group. Keep your money for you and your family, have as many children as possible, for the sake of our race.

  • @Invincible_joe
    @Invincible_joe 6 месяцев назад +3

    The man welding with eyes closed deserves a Nobel prize.

    • @petittoto7433
      @petittoto7433 6 месяцев назад

      No, he needs a welding mask.

  • @charlescarter6146
    @charlescarter6146 5 месяцев назад

    I love the flat non airfoil wings , the never say die attitudes and how the crowds are thrilled when propellers start turning and things get moving . Looks like alot of fun.

  • @user-ce2xv5eu1v
    @user-ce2xv5eu1v 2 месяца назад

    We need to appreciate and applaud the guy whose tested the chopper it did take off, that's an achievement with limited resources. I'm sure that adrenaline rush he got when it did fly would take him places. He will excel but they need to take care and test with safety guards like helmets eye protectors etc. Many failures will lead to one grand success.. Wishing all these dreamers success as they are dreaming with their eyes open and envisioning their plans. 🎉🎉🎉Good luck guys

  • @rolthox
    @rolthox Год назад +12

    Damn, I bet if some of these dudes had some decent runways they'd have a higher chance of success

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  Год назад

      totally

    • @denonpmb
      @denonpmb 11 месяцев назад +3

      Of dying? An old pilot once told me, "It isn't really the takeoff that you need to be worried about...It's that pesky mandatory landing"

  • @MrHankHill
    @MrHankHill 6 месяцев назад +4

    1:00 You wish, that is not the same helicopter.

  • @waiminglau8960
    @waiminglau8960 Год назад +27

    My geography teacher never told me about this continent full of creative but crazy dreamers

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад +2

      Because it isn't full of creative dreamers, they are just simple minded africans mimicking what they see on TV

    • @FictionHubZA
      @FictionHubZA 11 месяцев назад +3

      I mean we would all like to see you make a helicopter if it's so simple.@@NatCo-Supremacist

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад

      @@FictionHubZA I literally could if I had a team to work with, and it would get done in an overall higher quality and efficiency than these people. I'd rather work on engines though, these people need to return to their roots.

    • @FictionHubZA
      @FictionHubZA 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@NatCo-Supremacist You really underestimate the ohysiscs that go into it. Many students have died making helicopters. The torque alone would whip you off it and throw you on the ground.
      You could even find a video of a student who got killed by his own helicopter here on RUclips. You saying it's easy is an insult to actual engineers.

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад

      @@FictionHubZA It is easy to engineers, I know so much more than you about all the history behind all of it, and it's partly because I'm White, all of the people you refer to doing the hard science to figure it all out were White. I would much prefer building a fix winged aircraft though, much simpler and easier to fly. You underestimate the fact that sometimes people online are smarter than you.

  • @FinlagganYT
    @FinlagganYT Месяц назад

    This is such an achievement that not many people realise or appreciate how difficult and complex it actually is to build an aircraft especially with a swashplate giving the fact that he is in a developing country which Africa is quite poor compared to the rest of the world, they have very limited money and resources and really harsh climates and heat and drought which is a barrier blocking the area from developing and prosperity and he managed to ace this whilst in the more developed countries with the trade and prosperity and the wealth and the nice cool and wet climate where I’m from, people are too lazy so they just buy one online instead but I built mine, it’s really important to appreciate how he has done this, it’s hard enough in a developed country but in a developing country, honestly amazing. The skill is fantastic

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  27 дней назад

      Thanks. Much appreciated.❤

  • @bernardthuo2455
    @bernardthuo2455 Месяц назад +1

    😂😂😂The crashes are themselves comical and heroic

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  27 дней назад

      Failure is all part of the journey😂😂

  • @kafkaesk3449
    @kafkaesk3449 Год назад +4

    The 1st one has hope. It's a moderately usable helicopter. Just needs longer blades and better control

  • @jeremysaunders9916
    @jeremysaunders9916 Год назад +7

    It can all go horribly wrong...........fast. 😢 but impressive all the same, admire their determination and enginuity 😊

    • @NatCo-Supremacist
      @NatCo-Supremacist 11 месяцев назад

      No real determination or ingenuity, just simple mimicry

  • @flyguy5941
    @flyguy5941 Год назад +7

    Blessings to all who are trying to make something from nothing! Much love 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽❤️

    • @user-qb1lq9xf1d
      @user-qb1lq9xf1d 3 месяца назад +1

      Don’t egg them on. They will kill themselves

  • @JonasSmith1823
    @JonasSmith1823 4 месяца назад

    I'm from Connecticut but I think about all that went into these projects and I appreciate all the difficulties

  • @ashleydavis7448
    @ashleydavis7448 5 месяцев назад +1

    That man will never make another helicopter again 😂 he almost cut he's head off😂

  • @pizzmo8256
    @pizzmo8256 11 месяцев назад +6

    That helicopter guy, wow. To do that with what he has available is unbelievable. I have car buddies who have all the tools and money but work on old cars and think they're special. Go build a helicopter from scratch, now I'm impressed.

    • @Afrikleo
      @Afrikleo  11 месяцев назад

      he just needs to attend pilot classes

    • @pizzmo8256
      @pizzmo8256 11 месяцев назад

      @@Afrikleo definitely lol

  • @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527
    @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527 6 месяцев назад +4

    This is like watching live European attemps from 120 years ago :)))

  • @alextowers3564
    @alextowers3564 11 месяцев назад +10

    I feel bad for the first guy, being lumped in with the rest of them. He clearly knows a fair amount about the engineering and physics, and is actually quite likely to succeed with his project.

    • @overdue4753
      @overdue4753 7 месяцев назад +2

      its not the same person or helicopter

    • @alextowers3564
      @alextowers3564 7 месяцев назад

      @@overdue4753 What do you mean?

    • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
      @A_Stereotypical_Heretic 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@alextowers3564the chopper that got off the ground is not the one shown at the beginning

    • @alextowers3564
      @alextowers3564 5 месяцев назад

      @@A_Stereotypical_Heretic I think the video might have been changed around

    • @gonzagabwogi1551
      @gonzagabwogi1551 5 месяцев назад

      I agree with you, it's unfair to flock him with the rest who are just mediocres. He's done a lot of research about his project and has vast knowledge.

  • @lambda3374
    @lambda3374 7 месяцев назад +2

    Remember !
    One day africa will rise !
    or the day after...

  • @AlfonseGambino
    @AlfonseGambino 6 месяцев назад +1

    Even if these guys don't get off the ground it's still an amazing accomplishment to create these machines with spare parts they find. Absolutely amazing.