Assam mechanic builds ‘jugaad’ helicopter, awaits clearance

[Mujraparty]

Vehicles struggle to reach Shyamjuli, a village 450km northeast of Assam’s principal city, Guwahati. This was the reason why Chandra Siwakoti Sharma, a school dropout, built a helicopter that he says can carry two people 30-50ft above the ground.

An automobile mechanic, Sharma spent more than Rs15 lakh to design the helicopter with metal sheets, car seats and two SUV engines. He has named it Pawan Putra, a sort of a “jugaad”, or innovative fix, he worked on primarily to give his backward area a faster mode of communication.

Shyamjuli is in Dhemaji district, Assam’s remotest and almost always flood-affected.

“My helicopter can fly, though not as fast as the ones in operation for civil or military duty. It can easily move at 50kmph,” Sharma says.

He is awaiting clearance from authorities concerned to find out if his aircraft really works.

“We want to encourage a person who has conquered adversities to make a helicopter without any degree in aviation. But we want to go by the rules first,” said Victor Carpenter, the district’s deputy commissioner.

Carpenter said the district administration would write to the chief of civil aviation regulator DGCA and others who deal with such cases. “We are exploring the possibility of at least facilitating a trial for the chopper that Sharma has built.”

Locals, enthused by Sharma’s innovation, have already written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One of them, Ganesh Karki, pointed out that the helicopter was one of the best examples of Modi’s ambitious “Make in India” project.

“Sharma could not study beyond class 3 because of poverty, but invested all his savings and even sold his land to follow his dream. He needs to be encouraged,” Karki wrote.

Sharma said local officials and officers from an army camp nearby have promised to witness the trial of his helicopter once he gets permission.

“I did run the engines once. The rotor was forcing the helicopter up, but I stopped the engines in order to not violate any rules,” he said.

Assam mechanic builds ‘jugaad’ helicopter, awaits clearance | india | Hindustan Times

 

[sathya]

Let him get a suitable lob in HAL LUH division ..

Or maintenance depot job near his place, As a token of appreciation for his passion.

 

[Brahmaputra Mail]

Carpenter said the district administration would write to the chief of civil aviation regulator DGCA and others who deal with such cases. “We are exploring

Expecting clearance from DGCA which recently ordered Jet Airways to fire six air hostess for them asking Sonu Nigam to sing a song on a flight cabin announcer.

 

[sathya]

Expecting clearance from DGCA which recently ordered Jet Airways to fire six air hostess for them asking Sonu Nigam to sing a song on a flight cabin announcer.

we don't know how it's flight control systems are installed ,
There is difference between unmanned and manned version.
Safety is important here.

However it turns out, his passion should be rewarded.

 

[Skull and Bones]

So an illiterate mechanic can make a better helicopter than most of the countries in South East Asia? J/K

 

[Brahmaputra Mail]

we don't know how it's flight control systems are installed ,
There is difference between unmanned and manned version.
Safety is important here.

However it turns out, his passion should be rewarded.

But our DGCA is very very very strict.

Offtopic: DGCA has still not allowed internet access on flight.

 

[jetray]

we don't know how it's flight control systems are installed ,
There is difference between unmanned and manned version.
Safety is important here.

However it turns out, his passion should be rewarded.

ppl like him should become entrepreneurs. He found a solution to the travel problem in his area. Once you start building stuff rest of them will fall in place. You cannot build everything in one shot. In hilly areas it makes sense even if it travels just for a km or two.

So an illiterate mechanic can make a better helicopter than most of the countries in South East Asia? J/K

passion & focus to find a solution.

But our DGCA is very very very strict.

Offtopic: DGCA has still not allowed internet access on flight.

DGCA should not interfere if it is not carrying passengers or not flying over populated areas.

Let him get a suitable lob in HAL LUH division ..

Or maintenance depot job near his place, As a token of appreciation for his passion.

Yeah put him into our super system and they will bring him to their level .

 

[sathya]

ppl like him should become entrepreneurs. He found a solution to the travel problem in his area. Once you start building stuff rest of them will fall in place. You cannot build everything in one shot. In hilly areas it makes sense even if it travels just for a km or two.


passion & focus to find a solution.


DGCA should not interfere if it is not carrying passengers or not flying over populated areas.

Yeah put him into our super system and they will bring him to their level .

I guessing he will learn more from the system .

 

[ravinderpalrulez]

My seniors did the same thing!!

THESE six young men are ready to take off ... on a helicopter designed by them as part of their mechanical engineering project. In less than Rs 1 lakh, and by simplifying the design, these young students of the Haryana College of Technology and Management, Kaithal, have built a helicopter.

Their flying machine has been built over almost two months at ElektroFab Engineers, in Chandigarh. Using a 350-cc Yamaha motor cycle engine, this group of six friends — Vivek Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Abhishek Abrol, Puneet Gupta, Amit Dhiman and Jaswant Mehra — have created this 200 kg low-cost helicopter, Mech Y- 350, done up in white and blue.

After research and development on the project for almost a year, the friends set to work two months ago. Now their flying machine is ready for take-off. The helicopter has been made as part of these students’ final-year project. The machine will be ferried to Kaithal on Friday for their viva on the project. None of these students or owners and workers of the workshop in Chandigarh are trained to fly. The students claim that the machine, with its fibre glass blades, will fly as a real helicopter, though torque balancing has to be improved upon.

The mechanical designing for the 300 RPM gear box, the 900 RPM tail box, the rotor box, transmission et al has been done by these young men after interaction with faculty members of Punjab Engineering College and various aeronautical engineers in Chandigarh. Says Vivek, “We had done extensive research on the design of the helicopter and its motor before we began drawing the detailed mechanical plans. We then got in touch with aeronautical engineers and officials of the 3 BRD in Chandigarh, who helped us improvise the plans and simplify the structure”.

Adds Abhishek, “Cutting down the cost was the major consideration. We had set a budget of Rs 1 lakh for the project and completed it in Rs 90,000. Cost-cutting was done by buying the Yamaha 250-cc engine from the junk market and getting it overhauled, before it was installed in the body of the helicopter, and instead of using the stainless steel rotors, we used fibre glass. “

Mr Gurbhej Singh Sandhu of ElektroFab, who has given final shape to the students’ efforts, says though he is not sure of the balancing, the design and the pressure built by the wings, will ensure that it will have a smooth fly. The mechanics by which it will rise upwards and turn in different directions have been specially taken care of, he adds. TNS
source- thetribune.

 

[forcetrip]

 

[Thorough Pro]

New requirement for Tata Truck # 2

 

[KingRaj]

Hope he will get recognition from Assam government.

 

[knight11]

I doubt this helicopter could fly period.

1. Don't think the engine have enough thrust.
2. The section in which the lady was pulling the gear gives some insight of the interior. I mean designing homemade helicopter (its not gyrocopter) is difficult than the fixed wing aircraft, and how did this person calculated the amount of thrust of the tail rotor and the controls.
3. Any one could make a stucture with the local tools and parts, and put the diesel/petrol engine, to create the sensation, because they know DGCA won't allow such flight easily.

He should try to build the fixed wing aircraft try
homebuiltairplanes.com

Here is the chinese man claim to build gyrocopter

Sorry he was not allowed to fly.