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17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by informant001(op): 9:03pm On Apr 03, 2017
A polytechnic in Lagos has produced its first prototype of a drone. Lagos City authorities have said, if developed fully, the state could employ the drones for security surveillance.

A talented 17-year-old David Opateyibo heads up the development of a drone which authorities in Lagos hope to deploy for security surveillance. The drone, a high breed mix of existing drone components and locally fabricated material, seems to fly normally but David says there is a lot more room for improvement.

“Aside from using drones for aerial surveillance, you can also use them for aerial photography and videography, or for broadcasting, incidence control or pipeline and power line inspection. You can also use drones in agriculture, to analyze farm produce,” David said in an interview.

See photos below

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2017/04/polytechnic-builds-nigerias-first.html

Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by informant001(op): 9:04pm On Apr 03, 2017

Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Biafrawillcome: 9:11pm On Apr 03, 2017
This is the same blood of Israel that Donald Trump posses
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Ajewealth123(m): 9:12pm On Apr 03, 2017
informant001:
see more >>> http://www.nationalhelm.net/2017/04/polytechnic-builds-nigerias-first.html
nice.
We are truly the achitect of our own problem.
Studying abroad
Private university
State university
Federal university
Polytechnic
Technology

The brilliant ones will still shine and the dull ones might not improve.
Sometimes,it is what you have in your brain that matters
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Adeyeancah(m): 9:25pm On Apr 03, 2017
Impressive! shocked I pray they employ him o...
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by simonlee(m): 9:30pm On Apr 03, 2017
See what this small boy is doing to help our lives. And that old Buhari is there messing up our country. Useless thing!
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by babadem2much(m): 9:34pm On Apr 03, 2017
Great brains if only the government will know the right thing to do... Boy God will make you soar higher
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by UYCO: 9:38pm On Apr 03, 2017
Polytechnic education is the key to technological development .Until we learn to recognize polytechnic graduates like their university counterparts ,Nigeria will continue to rely on importation of foreign goods.
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by econo88(m): 9:43pm On Apr 03, 2017
shocked shocked wonderfull... I proud of him cool
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by dessz(m): 9:48pm On Apr 03, 2017
we have the beta resources (minds) but we lack the people who can utilize it to help both the minds and the society.
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by clickbnkgod: 10:09pm On Apr 03, 2017
Wonderful brilliant work
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by bercarray(m):
very good of him I pray his effort is appreciated.
I don't know if this my observation is false but I observed that anytime a boy, not Yahoo boys hits FP it is mostly about creativity,remember the boy that built keke napep with Dunlop (flip flop) but anytime a girl not a woman o,a girl like 17-20,it would be about "Nigerians react that her has is bigger than 19, first 18 year old model showing her pant and telling us she's showing her flawless body" why? Nigerian babes over to u
playing mr easi's holl up-u think say the world dey revolve around ur bum bum
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Nobody: 10:10pm On Apr 03, 2017
David Opateyibo

Omo Yoruba ni mi o!

Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by maberry(m): 10:10pm On Apr 03, 2017
Very interesting, kudos boy
We are our own problem, if only we could find a way past that or at least around it... The world will talk about us
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by BruzMoney(m): 10:12pm On Apr 03, 2017
Afonja always innovating
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by slimthugchimee2(m): 10:13pm On Apr 03, 2017
op stop posting crap, thats not the first locally made drone in nigeria
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Nobody: 10:13pm On Apr 03, 2017
wow proudly an afonja Wetyn Dem flatrons dey build ---an empire of fake drugs republic I think last time I checked google
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by henrydadon(m): 10:13pm On Apr 03, 2017
now this is something to be proud of..

kudos to him.

but are you kidding me ..how can the authorities think of deploying a drone like this..common..they should opt for something more durable and reliable

THE DJI PHANTOM is there for them to purchase.

it take alot more than just adding rotating blades to get an actual working drone..what about the app..for control..micro processor and stuff..mapping..the list goes on and on.

am not trying to undermine his effort here..he really did well and am proud of him..am just stating the obvious

someone like him need to be sent to MIT in the USA for further studies..the Nigerian government are suppose to invest in brilliant mind such as these.
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Nobody: 10:14pm On Apr 03, 2017
slimthugchimee2:
op stop posting crap, thats not the first locally made drone in nigeria
iPod piglets running away from this thread like...

Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by wonderkid619(m): 10:14pm On Apr 03, 2017
that's a good work he did, but it's not the first in Nigeria. I know someone from FUTA that finished from Mechanical Engineering two years ago that built something like that, and P.S it's called a quad-copter, last session again, they upgraded and built an Oct-copter... my Dept mate is also building a quad-copter as his final year project.
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by blessme2019(m): 10:15pm On Apr 03, 2017
Cool
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by iamnicer: 10:15pm On Apr 03, 2017
mglenny:
if only he will be celebrated half the way those BB naija housemates are angry
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by Aimwest(m): 10:16pm On Apr 03, 2017
See as this thread dry
If na bbn everywhere go full
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by emmanuelpopson(m): 10:16pm On Apr 03, 2017
after all the breaking news of a bomb attacks in Russian with our NAIJA normal problems. I'm sleeping tonight with news worthy of hearing... Kudos to the SCH and the lad for this innovative information...
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by birmingham04: 10:17pm On Apr 03, 2017
Our leaders will never give a damm because they dont want the poor to make it in life they were alway jealous because their choldren are empty barrel.
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by alizma: 10:18pm On Apr 03, 2017
simonlee:
See what this small boy is doing to help our lives. And that old Buhari is there messing up our country. Useless thing!
and you think if the boy is like you he would have achieved that?
Re: 17-Year-Old Boy Helps Polytechnic To Build Nigeria's First Locally-Made Drone by sapientia(m): 10:19pm On Apr 03, 2017
These people are just clowns..

I wonder how a sensible will believe this. A boy drawing and cutting paper built a drone... Una swallow hook line and sinker.
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