(Baonghean.vn)- With a passion for invention, plus the encouragement of his wife and children, Mr. Le Van Thoa, a mechanic in Quy Hop town, Quy Hop district, started making helicopters.
Clip of homemade "airplane" running on asphalt:
From the bicycle repair profession, Mr. Le Van Thoa rose to become a boss, manufacturing a series of machines, such as: Mobile hole boring machine which has been patented by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Next are stone lathes, hammer forging machines, wire stone cutting machines... serving most of the stone mining establishments in the area, along with many machinery manufacturing establishments inside and outside the province. However, with his inquisitive and creative nature, he wanted to make an airplane. Talking about this unique idea, Mr. Le Van Thoa said: After watching a clip of an 80-year-old man abroad successfully making his own airplane on the internet, I thought why not give it a try. So I started working on it.
After studying documents on aerodynamics and referring to cases where people had successfully built helicopters, he started to do it. He drew the shape, bent the iron and cut the corrugated iron to form the aircraft frame (In the photo: Mr. Thoa's son happily sits in the cabin of the helicopter that his father is currently building)
For the engine of the plane, Mr. Thoa bought a whole engine from a 4-seat Toyota car and installed it. The plane wings were cast in Nam Dinh and brought back.
The airplane clock was made from the clock of a Toyota 4-seater car.
He bought 3 Atila motorbike wheels to assemble as airplane wheels.
And here are the two foot-controlled rudders.
Need throttle and handbrake. According to Mr. Thoa, the plane will be designed simply, just pull the throttle and fly.
The propeller fan is used to lift the aircraft and the wind direction fan (printed with the national flag)
Engine cooling system
exhaust pipe
According to Mr. Thoa, up to now, after spending nearly 100 million VND, the plane has been completed 70% with a weight of 200 kg and has been tested. Currently, some more details need to be added to be able to... take off. For him, the desire to create a plane that can fly is not only to satisfy his own passion, but also to educate his children and grandchildren to constantly learn and be creative...
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