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Posted by Bertrand Duchiron on April 10, 2012 at 8:30am

This guy had a fleet of 5 drones made of bamboo and chainsaw engine or electric motor.

I found only news in French so far :

afghanistan, drone, elali, zemaraï, home, made

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Anish April 11, 2012 at 7:48am

:) drone vs drone
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John Arne Birkeland April 11, 2012 at 2:01am

Because "Drone" results in more article hits then "remote controlled airplane".
Jan Detlefsen April 10, 2012 at 9:48pm

why is this a drone and not a normal rc model?
estebanflyer April 10, 2012 at 2:30pm

Same as all of us: order them online.
Alex Arevalo April 10, 2012 at 2:22pm

I guess that chainsaws would be fairly easy to get, but where did he get his props? Did he hand carve them?
Jeremy Douglas April 10, 2012 at 2:08pm

I would say what makes it impressive is the lack of resources in Afghanistan... Good to see some innovation.
Cliff-E April 10, 2012 at 11:15am

I converted my jdrones quad to a basswood-based quad after a crash. Its flight was pretty smooth. Converted to a basswood Y6, which worked for a few flights then eventually the wood started to fatigue a bit (vibration) since I had thru-hole mounting...

As the saying goes, if it has a CD (coef. of drag), you can make it fly.
Chivar Maximillan Pilones April 10, 2012 at 11:12am

he is the afghan mcgyver :)
estebanflyer April 10, 2012 at 9:50am

the modeler has skill. good looking planes!
Cronselaar April 10, 2012 at 9:09am

Wow, i'm really impressed... Normal cloth and all... To think that it flies so niceley...