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Home-made Helicopters in Nigeria

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the financed-entirely-by-dead-princes dept.

W33dz writes "A 24-year-old undergraduate from Nigeria is building helicopters out of old car and bike parts. Mubarak Muhammed Abdullahi, a physics student, spent eight months building the yellow model seen on yahoo or on Gizmodo using the money he makes from repairing cell phones and computers. While some of the parts have been sourced from a crashed 747, the chopper contains all sorts of surprises."

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  1. Would you buy one? by BarneyL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally if I received an e-mail from Nigeria offering me a cheap helicopter I doubt I'd trust it.
    I think I'll keep saving for my skycar

  2. Helicopter or Hovercraft? by maroberts · · Score: 5, Funny

    it will be able to fly at an altitude of 15 feet for three hours at a stretch...

    or until it encounters a tree, telegraph pole, house, giraffe....

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  3. DEAR SIR by Arthur+B. · · Score: 5, Funny

    GOOD DAY TO YOU AND GOD BLESS. I HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURING HELICOPTERS FROM USED CAR SINCE 10 YEARS (AS SEEN ON YAHOO) AND RECENTLY SOLD MY FLEET FOR THE SUM OF $100,000,000. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PAYMENT OF THIS MONEY IS STILL SITTING IN ESCROW IN A NIGERIAN BANK AS THE STATE AIRFORCE WHO BOUGHT THE HELICOPTERS REFUSE TO PAY. I NEED YOUR HELP TO UNLOCK THAT SUM FROM THE ESCROW, FOR THIS SERVICE YOU WILL BE PAID A FULL 5%, THAT IS $5,000,000. IF YOU CAN HELP ME PLEASE FAX ME YOUR PASSPORT.

    (hey it's caps-lock day today anyway)

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