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Chinese farmer builds eight-propeller flying saucer

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Meet Shu Mansheng and his 18-foot-diameter octocopter. This device — which uses eight motorcycle engine — set Shu back $3000 and can hover for 10 seconds at a height of three feet. The action starts at approximately 4:30. No word on whether he’ll be able to steer this DIY air chariot out of his home village of Dashu.

[Via Hack-A-Day and Boing Boing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dQr_CKR7Vw

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