Curvy Copter Demo

Available here: http://www.mefferts.com/products/details.php?lang=en&category=13&id=485
The Curvy Copter is a shape modification of the Helicopter Cube. Instead of normal planar cuts, the cutting line is placed at an angle of 32 degrees to give parabolic cuts. In addition to the 24 faces and 8 corners that need to be solved, the curved cuts reveal 12 edge pieces normally hidden inside the puzzle. The curved cuts also give rise to the beautiful clover leaf pattern on the faces.
Because the orientation of the edges has to be taken into account, the Curvy Copter is a bigger challenge to solve than the Helicopter Cube. It has over a thousand times more combinations than the Helicopter Cube, but is still a
very friendly puzzle.
Just like the Helicopter Cube, the Curvy Copter has optional jumbling moves which allow the puzzle to take on strange shapes and become even more scrambled.
So once you have learned how to solve a Curvy Copter which has not been jumbled, you will face another challenge of solving the Curvy Copter after it has been
jumbled.
Tom van der Zanden designed the Curvy Copter in early 2010 and immediately recognized that it would be a very beautiful puzzle. He had a prototype 3D printed by Shapeways, which worked very well. The puzzle proved extremely popular and many collectors purchased 3D printed copies from his Shapeways shop.
This puzzle is particularly close to Tom's heart because its success encouraged him to design more puzzles.
It is not surprising He was devastated to hear a Chinese company copied his puzzle. He is very thankful for the efforts which Mr. Meffert has taken in defending his copyright in China and also bringing the Curvy Copter puzzle to his shop for a very affordable price -- less than one tenth of the original price for a 3d printed copy. He says it is great that now many more can buy this puzzle for a reasonable price and he hopes that many of you will choose to buy a legitimate copy from Meffert's.

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[michael1234252]

Are you going to make a disassembley video of this puzzle?

[MeffertsPuzzles]

@michael1234252 Yes

[Master20Bucks]

This one reminded me of the lament configuration

[phobatrivaphobia]

me want....oh wait....me already have

[knine53]

Curvy Copter, one of the many puzzles with a simple design but amazing performance.

[MeffertsPuzzles]

@OedivEcin Yes.

[TPete13]

looks cool

[jann6373]

@KaspuKasper What do you mean?

[yvosaurus]

Got this puzzle a while ago after RedKB's review. I love to play with it!

[rubcube101]

nice

 i got the white one

[rubcube101]

nice



[Klonkiller888]

ido have one and it was definately worth it. this puzzle is so amazingly fun