Ok folks, this video is awesome! An unknown Chinese farmer built a small airplane called the Shanzhai Glider out of what look like lawn mower parts!
Frankly, there is no way this guy could get a certification from the FAA for this flying death trap, but I guess it wouldn’t phase him a bit anyway. He’s obviously perfectly happy risking his life so he can buzz all his neighbors and show them how ingenious he is.
this man has nerves of steel, boy. there’s a part of me that’s really resistive to taking this video at face value — it is just so over the top. but it’s also pretty boring, and i guess if it were a fake the faker would have added more bells and whistles. yeah, just watched the landing and i’m not sold on this. but it’s an interesting idea, the flying lawnmower!
Yeah, I really want to see a picture of the entire thing. I don’t think it’s a fake, but I want to know what the wing and rudders and stuff look like. No way I’d get in that flying death trap… but I would like to have one of these babys:
Assuming that the video represents flying that did indeed occur, the creation is quite exciting, and this material gets to the root of how inventions come about. A person sees an obstacle and puts together different pieces in his mind in order to assemble an item that handles the obstacle. It would easily draw an audience as they would be wondering “how can I get to the point where I can create an item, as this person has done, to surpass an obstacle that I have?”
That video is too limited to prove if it is real or not. He doesn’t seem to be doing any sort of steering and isn’t using the pedals. Personally I don’t believe anyone would have the huevos to fly that thing, but if he truly did I am in awe of his stupidity.
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Ok folks, this video is awesome! An unknown Chinese farmer built a small airplane called the Shanzhai Glider out of what look like lawn mower parts! 
this man has nerves of steel, boy. there’s a part of me that’s really resistive to taking this video at face value — it is just so over the top. but it’s also pretty boring, and i guess if it were a fake the faker would have added more bells and whistles. yeah, just watched the landing and i’m not sold on this. but it’s an interesting idea, the flying lawnmower!
Yeah, I really want to see a picture of the entire thing. I don’t think it’s a fake, but I want to know what the wing and rudders and stuff look like. No way I’d get in that flying death trap… but I would like to have one of these babys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AGcKXfTlcg
Yee-haw!
John P.
no perceptable control inputs, his feet are not on the rudder pedals. Fake… or he flys by telepathy.
Assuming that the video represents flying that did indeed occur, the creation is quite exciting, and this material gets to the root of how inventions come about. A person sees an obstacle and puts together different pieces in his mind in order to assemble an item that handles the obstacle. It would easily draw an audience as they would be wondering “how can I get to the point where I can create an item, as this person has done, to surpass an obstacle that I have?”
It looks fake to me. The background images are out of rythm with the man, he looks more real than his surroundings, which proves to be fake.
But it would be a great idea if that were true, plus I’d like a tutorial posted on the net on how to build one of those yourself, Lol! :-D
That video is too limited to prove if it is real or not. He doesn’t seem to be doing any sort of steering and isn’t using the pedals. Personally I don’t believe anyone would have the huevos to fly that thing, but if he truly did I am in awe of his stupidity.
fake or not, still better than all this election propaganda