That’s right, a college student from Nigeria takes apart old vehicles and uses the scrap parts to create his own working helicopters. Click here for one more picture.

The 12-meter-long aircraft, which has never flown above a height of seven feet, is powered by a secondhand 133 horsepower engine from a Honda Civic. In the basic cockpit there are two Toyota car seats, with a couple more in the cabin behind. Controls are simple, with an ignition button, an accelerator lever to control vertical thrust and a joystick that provides balance and bearing

[via GizmodoSpluch]

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