• The World's smallest one person helicopter.
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Sean Connery using a Jet Pack to escape from the bad guys in the 007 flick "Thunderball" was cool, after seeing something like that everyone of us must have thought if only.... Here is a more practical and comfortable alternative, the GEN H-4 from Gene corporation - Japan is your personal helicopter. It comes with a seat and landing gear so all you have to do is strap on and you are ready to go. Unlike traditional helicopters it has 2 sets of coaxial, contra-rotating rotors (KA-52 Hokum for all you military buffs) which eliminates the need of a tail rotor for balancing. The rotors have a length of only 4 meters (118 inches) so no parking problems too. It is powered by 4 lightweight 125 cc 2 cylinder engines which use standard gasoline. The GEN H-4 can fly to a maximum altitude of 1000 meters at a top speed of 90 km/hr (59 mph) for upto 30 minutes. You dont require a license to fly the GEN H-4 in Japan and the inventors claim it is easy as riding a bicycle and with just 2 hours of practice you can master it. The controls also resemble a bicycle handle. [IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/b6q2ye.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/f1cp06.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/2iqkaxj.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/2mmz2xg.jpg[/IMG] Can buy one today for a low price (for what it is) of $32,500.00
Any video of it in action?
You can already buy blueprints for building your own tiny one-man helicopters on the internet. Presumably difficult and expensive. But I want one of these. Maybe one day I'll have enough money.
You don't need a license? Only 30 minutes in the air? I foresee many accidents in the future.
Doesn't look very safe.
[QUOTE=sonicrjk;24087234]Any video of it in action?[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd99ziWFF7Q[/media]
Future of transportation is among us.
[QUOTE=Razors X Hunter;24087381] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=wd99ziWFF7Q[/URL] [/QUOTE] Not what I imagined..
Only a little dinky pole holding the engine in place? Pass. [editline]06:15PM[/editline] All this is, is a couple pieces of tubes, a UV joint for the engine, and an engine. Fucking hell i could make one of these for like 5 grand.
Wasn't this on an old Mythbusters episode but in a much earlier stage?
I feel sorry for the person that one of these lands on.
Kinda reminds me of the helicopter from The Road Warrior.
Looks like it'd get blown around by a light breeze
Epic :razz:
Looks pretty good, probably won't revolutionize personal transportation, but it still looks pretty cool.
[QUOTE=MightyMax;24087690]Only a little dinky pole holding the engine in place? Pass. [editline]06:15PM[/editline] All this is, is a couple pieces of tubes, a UV joint for the engine, and an engine. Fucking hell i could make one of these for like 5 grand.[/QUOTE] This is truth, buying the parts wholesale probably costs like 2000. What a scam artist.
That looks too expensive for such a tiny and unsafe machine.
That looks like the most stable and safe piece of equipment I've ever seen.
I want.
rather buy a car than that.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmzkjQArqfg[/media] I'd rather have that.
I wouldn't ever trust that thing past 10 feet.
When I was a little kid, I longed for the day where flying joystick controlled couches existed. And that day still hasn't arrived :ohdear:
Only 30 minutes of fuel? Not practical
[QUOTE=Razors X Hunter;24087381][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd99ziWFF7Q[/media][/QUOTE] It's worse than a moped :gonk:
It would be awesome to go to the city and just: Hahahaha guards, you can't catch me. :v:
i wonder how okay the average police officer would be with someone flying that.
I would fly that to work and back. Better than sitting in traffic!
Rather spend the cost on an ultralight. Most likely, in the US, you will need a pilot's license for this aircraft.
i would rather have THIS [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KczCp0OQ4[/media]
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