Jakumo: You is da man, Parkingzzz. I never thought that bird would fly, but your design evolved, and sure enough, your helicopter took to the air.

Balancing the fly-bar paddles, rotor-blades and swash-plate are very delicate procedures that must be performed with great precision, or the helicopter will shake itself to bits when you try to spool up for takeoff. You were finally able to accomplish that very exacting task, and I truly admire the determintaion and ingenuity you have showed all along.

All the best with your future in RC aviation, or perhaps even in full-scale aircraft design. You have shown in this thread some serious potential in that field, and I wish you nothing but the very best as you move forward and build on the knowledge you have acquired mostly on your own thus far.

Fantastic job

Charles.nerd:

I have never been this impressed by a Nigerian graduate,let alone an undergraduate,in a supposed "mushroom" university ,in a "backward" state!.

The sky is your starting point,you are on the path to greatness,if you keep this up.

Onlytruth: OP, I have some solid advice for you, and you should pay very careful attention to them.
Here we go.

(1) NEVER leave Nigeria for any other reason than to go and buy things, or do certificate courses in Engineering, or the like, and RETURN pronto to Nigeria and STAY there.


(5) NEVER leave Eastern Nigeria for any other place in Nigeria. Borrow a leaf from Innoson auto manufacturing company Nnewi and stay in the East. It would be TOUGH at first, but if you survive for about 2-5 years, you will succeed in establishing a premier Nigerian "Boeing" in the long run.

adeoflagos: the OP did a good job of dedicating his time and money to come up with this project. The most important thing here is that the OP irrespective of financial challenges and scarcity did all he could to start the project. Now about building toy RC helicopters, it is not a big deal in itself because an average high school student in the West can do the same. All the information is available on the internet and the materials can be purchased as well. You do not need an engineering degree to build one but a degree (in electrical engineering or similar one) may help and make the building process easier. All the parts for building an RC helicopter can be purchased on the internet. The biggest thing would have been if he had completed the first project he initiated where he was using locally available materials to build an RC helicopter and if had build one successfully from parts recycled from different products. And if has a prototype of such. I was more impressed when he showed some of his designs for the parts and then cutting these into shape. Those are the big things because those are his ideas.

Onlytruth: OP, I have some solid advice for you, and you should pay very careful attention to them.
Here we go.

(1) NEVER leave Nigeria for any other reason than to go and buy things, or do certificate courses in Engineering, or the like, and RETURN pronto to Nigeria and STAY there.

2) Do not go for degree courses in this because you really don't need it. What you need, you already have and that is TALENT and PASSION to pursue a career in flight engineering and production. Worst case scenario you develop a company that only improve on parts for flying machines, and you could corner a niche that people would come from different parts of the world to buy from you in Nigeria. Believe me this is possible because you are passionate enough (I saw what you did on the first page).

(3) Try and register a company in Nigeria for developing flying things and parts. The field is capital intensive as you found out, but there are always investors who will come only when they see that you are seriously focused on this and watch you successfully surmount initial challenges. They will come later, trust me. For now, HUSTLE to set up that company. It shall employ you and many others like you later.

(4) If you are from Imo or Abia, please locate the company in Owerri or Enugu (these two cities have airports and thus you can have international interaction whenever you really want). You need that international interraction (that is why people mistakenly leave Nigeria), and still develop your company successfully in Nigeria. Companies in all parts of the world do this too. No country is an island onto itself today, so to say.

(5) NEVER leave Eastern Nigeria for any other place in Nigeria. Borrow a leaf from Innoson auto manufacturing company Nnewi and stay in the East. It would be TOUGH at first, but if you survive for about 2-5 years, you will succeed in establishing a premier Nigerian "Boeing" in the long run.

Most of the top companies in IT were founded by non-conformers; some of whom are school dropouts. They drop out because they do not want others to stiffle or dilute their passion and ingeniuty. Passion and talent is all you need in this life, not necessarily uni degree.

It is time young Nigerians started to build engineering companies FROM SCRATCH. Times for "jobs" after graduating from uni are long gone!

Nwanne, jisie ike.

Keep me posted on your progress at ezendigbo_nl@hushmail.com

Signed,

Onlytruth.

Onlytruth: OP, I have some solid advice for you, and you should pay very careful attention to them.
Here we go.

(1) NEVER leave Nigeria for any other reason than to go and buy things, or do certificate courses in Engineering, or the like, and RETURN pronto to Nigeria and STAY there.

2) Do not go for degree courses in this because you really don't need it. What you need, you already have and that is TALENT and PASSION to pursue a career in flight engineering and production. Worst case scenario you develop a company that only improve on parts for flying machines, and you could corner a niche that people would come from different parts of the world to buy from you in Nigeria. Believe me this is possible because you are passionate enough (I saw what you did on the first page).

(3) Try and register a company in Nigeria for developing flying things and parts. The field is capital intensive as you found out, but there are always investors who will come only when they see that you are seriously focused on this and watch you successfully surmount initial challenges. They will come later, trust me. For now, HUSTLE to set up that company. It shall employ you and many others like you later.

(4) If you are from Imo or Abia, please locate the company in Owerri or Enugu (these two cities have airports and thus you can have international interaction whenever you really want). You need that international interraction (that is why people mistakenly leave Nigeria), and still develop your company successfully in Nigeria. Companies in all parts of the world do this too. No country is an island onto itself today, so to say.

(5) NEVER leave Eastern Nigeria for any other place in Nigeria. Borrow a leaf from Innoson auto manufacturing company Nnewi and stay in the East. It would be TOUGH at first, but if you survive for about 2-5 years, you will succeed in establishing a premier Nigerian "Boeing" in the long run.

Most of the top companies in IT were founded by non-conformers; some of whom are school dropouts. They drop out because they do not want others to stiffle or dilute their passion and ingeniuty. Passion and talent is all you need in this life, not necessarily uni degree.

It is time young Nigerians started to build engineering companies FROM SCRATCH. Times for "jobs" after graduating from uni are long gone!

Nwanne, jisie ike.

Keep me posted on your progress at ezendigbo_nl@hushmail.com

Signed,

Onlytruth.

Goahead: kudos.... I,m really impressed by this, but were you inside the heli when it was flying?.