Three Somaliland nationals build Home made helicopter

HARGEISA — Three men from Somaliland who, ever since they were young dreamed of building a helicopter have designed and built their own helicopter in their own backyard using scrap metals and an old engine from a van.

The trio, Mohamed Abdi Barkadle, Saed Abdi Jide and Abdi Farah Lidan said the purpose of their helicopter was to be used to fight fire in the city and surrounding area. They receive no major sponsors, financial nor material support from any one including the government, it is a three men vision and ingenuity.

This is the first ever helicopter built in any Somali speaking state. The fact that the trio could do so much with so little will inspire a lot of Somalilanders.

To many Somalilanders, this is historical moment for Somaliland and it is possible very soon others will start manufacturing their own electronics and devices.

This is the time to support these promising Somalilanders!, all stakeholders and regulatory agencies should rally round and assist these men to achieve their goal.

We wish them all the best from here Somalilandpress, we are certainly with you and we hope all the Somalilanders, friends and others who might be inspired by them get involved.

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[MrDaldagnuur]

at least they tried...

[novabird7296]

What If they had this for Black Hawk Down?!?!?!



[lacokai]

what if you try to build one at home whit your fancy stuff you got, they don't have any of does fancy tools you got but they are still trying and you don't

[ironclaw92]

@Megamass79 black men invented peanuts, huh?

[ironclaw92]

I could spin a rubber band around a pencil and get as much of an effect as that POS

[Megamass79]

Cellphones, Super computersI forgot to mention Bradley,Benjamin Created a steam engine powerful enough to drive steam-powered warships.

Even Computers were first invented by Chinese.

[Megamass79]

Black people invented many things,Microphone,Traffic lights,elavotors,fridges,washi­ng machines,Peanuts and many more only nazis will deny that.

[behindeverybush1]

The desire of man to fly is in all races of man. I admire their efforts but worry about the potential catastrophy that may be looming.

[josh100ish]

@MrMwaala

you dont think it will be able to perform auto rotation... what makes you think that, lol. :)

[josh100ish]

@Chris9183

Couldnt help myself, lol...

Oh, and why don't you upload a video of your own helicopter and we will compare them. Then viewers will be able to compare the ingenuity and resourcefulness of both attempts... two qualities considered fairly important when it comes to discussing evolution.

[josh100ish]

@Chris9183

I would go on... but I'd guess, given your level of reasoning, that you are just a troll.

I read a great quote the other day...

You are the product of 6 billion years of evolution, fucking act like it.

[josh100ish]

Don't you think that the fact that these countries have VAST reserves of natural resources, in this case oil, might somewhat impact on it, or do you think the inhabitants in these countries are more "evolved" than people in the other nearly 200 countries?

A nations resource assets are obviously only part of the picture.

More importantly is history, where the wealthy nations of the world, have, and continue, to rip off poorer countries - and therefore help keep them poor.