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On Tuesday (August 10) night, a 24-year-old innovator and school dropout named Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim succumbed to his injuries during a fatal accident on his DIY helicopter. The incident took place in the Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.
As per reports, Ibrahim had dropped out of school when he was studying in class 8. He then began working with his elder brother Mussavir at his gas welding workshop. He learnt the art of making coolers, almirahs and other household items using steel and aluminium sheets. He was inspired by the character of ‘Rancho’ in the movie ‘3 idiots’ and wanted to make his village Fulsawangi famous. Using the skills that he honed while working at the workshop, Ibrahim designed a helicopter from scratch.
He had built the helicopter using information from Youtube videos. In a mammoth effort that lasted two years, Ibrahim was able to collect all the parts that are required to build the helicopter. According to his friend Sachin Ubale, the deceased innovator created the prototype of a single-seater helicopter. Ibrahim had used steel pipes and a Maruti 800 engine to build the helicopter. Ubale added that Ismail wanted to showcase the DIY helicopter to the public on the occasion of Independence Day.
On Tuesday night, Ismail decided to do a final trial run of the helicopter. As his friends gathered to witness the occasion, he started the engine, and shortly after the accident happen. As seen in the video shot by his friends, while rotating at very high speed, the blades of the tail rotor of the helicopter snapped, and pieces of it hit the main rotor blads. This caused the main rotor blades also to snap, and a piece of metal hit Ismail at a very high speed.
Ismail did not wear protective gear while testing his chopper
“Ismail wanted to exhibit the helicopter to the public on Independence Day this year and so he decided to test the flying machine near his workshop. On Tuesday night, he occupied the pilot seat and started the engine as some of his friends watched in awe. Even before anyone could understand what was happening, a piece of the broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat and he collapsed to the ground. He used to test the functioning of the chopper very often. Earlier, he had been successful in lifting the helicopter 5 feet above the ground. It was his final trial on Tuesday,” Ubale said.
https://twitter.com/dharmendrajore/status/1425719324300304388?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
The deceased’s friend informed that Ismail would wear a helmet and headphones while testing the helicopter. However, on the fateful night, he did not wear any protective gear. His friends were thrilled to see Ismail testing out his DIY chopper. Their happiness was short-lived as the helicopter malfunctioned within minutes. After the pieces of the blades slit the throat of Ismail, he fell down from the helicopter. He began bleeding profusely and was rushed to a hospital at Pusad. However, he succumbed to his injuries even before the doctors could begin the treatment. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media.
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Gotta give this guy props. Even though it failed fatally.
Dude (almost) built a fucking helicopter. More difficult than a plane in my opinion.
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Props? More like 'Blades'. Give this guy blades...rotor blades that is.
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you're hilarious.
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oh def gotta give him props. Seriously such a cool project but it took his life unfortunately. sadly this is why we shouldn't do this kinda stuff at home
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Post this to the description please. This old video needs the story.
On Tuesday (August 10) night, a 24-year-old innovator and school dropout named Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim succumbed to his injuries during a fatal accident on his DIY helicopter. The incident took place in the Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.
As per reports, Ibrahim had dropped out of school when he was studying in class 8. He then began working with his elder brother Mussavir at his gas welding workshop. He learnt the art of making coolers, almirahs and other household items using steel and aluminium sheets. He was inspired by the character of ‘Rancho’ in the movie ‘3 idiots’ and wanted to make his village Fulsawangi famous. Using the skills that he honed while working at the workshop, Ibrahim designed a helicopter from scratch.
He had built the helicopter using information from Youtube videos. In a mammoth effort that lasted two years, Ibrahim was able to collect all the parts that are required to build the helicopter. According to his friend Sachin Ubale, the deceased innovator created the prototype of a single-seater helicopter. Ibrahim had used steel pipes and a Maruti 800 engine to build the helicopter. Ubale added that Ismail wanted to showcase the DIY helicopter to the public on the occasion of Independence Day.
On Tuesday night, Ismail decided to do a final trial run of the helicopter. As his friends gathered to witness the occasion, he started the engine, and shortly after the accident happen. As seen in the video shot by his friends, while rotating at very high speed, the blades of the tail rotor of the helicopter snapped, and pieces of it hit the main rotor blads. This caused the main rotor blades also to snap, and a piece of metal hit Ismail at a very high speed.
Ismail did not wear protective gear while testing his chopper
“Ismail wanted to exhibit the helicopter to the public on Independence Day this year and so he decided to test the flying machine near his workshop. On Tuesday night, he occupied the pilot seat and started the engine as some of his friends watched in awe. Even before anyone could understand what was happening, a piece of the broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat and he collapsed to the ground. He used to test the functioning of the chopper very often. Earlier, he had been successful in lifting the helicopter 5 feet above the ground. It was his final trial on Tuesday,” Ubale said.
https://twitter.com/dharmendrajore/status/1425719324300304388?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
The deceased’s friend informed that Ismail would wear a helmet and headphones while testing the helicopter. However, on the fateful night, he did not wear any protective gear. His friends were thrilled to see Ismail testing out his DIY chopper. Their happiness was short-lived as the helicopter malfunctioned within minutes. After the pieces of the blades slit the throat of Ismail, he fell down from the helicopter. He began bleeding profusely and was rushed to a hospital at Pusad. However, he succumbed to his injuries even before the doctors could begin the treatment. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media.
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oh wow tysm! i'll add it rn!
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Yeah he definitely got props 😏
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He should hv at least had a way to remotely test it
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lmao "Prop" is short for propeller so he sure got some props delivered.
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I wish I did that intentionally.
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seems like 10× more dangerous as well..
even if he did get it into the air, that things looks shifty aF
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On a test run he hovered around 5 feet. Pretty cool for a homemade project made in the middle of nowhere.
I think he actually made a working helicopter that would work in low altitude with minimal wind.
But the rotors/blades were probably used, and it does seem like his tail rotor did not have a “perfectly stable” setup. Just a tad of a wobble to it.
If that was secured right, or didn’t fail, this dude would have been famous outside of the gore world.
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for sure.. it would have been some shit to see that work
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Oh, he got his "props." One smashed into the side of his head.
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STRIKE THREE! YOUUUU'RE OUT!!!
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It actually sliced his throat. He fell out of the chopper while bleeding out. Pretty brutal. Was not an instant death.
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The helicopter gave him a prop.
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STRIKE FOUR! KYS!
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I mean sure, it is cool he did try to build one. But it looked sooo funny when it blew up.
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Almost certainly, there is a reason bird dont have rotors! It weren't meant to fly !
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insects though...
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Putting 2 motors on a frame is not making a helicopter lmao
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one motor.
two rotors.
:-)
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potato porato
If you're inventing things you can do what you want.
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No, he just build a thing... looking like a helicopter :D heehe... it clearly cant fly.
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But it did.
Edit: the fucker flew. Just not for the camera.
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oh ok... than congratz to him.
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