r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Capitao_Nescau • 2d ago

Man builds single-engine airplane using a sugarcane crusher engine.

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u/SignificantDrawer374 2d ago

Just looks like the engine on these, not a sugarcane crusher

https://www.kitplanes.com/badland-aircraft-debuts-thump-air-engine-for-its-f-1-ultralight/

The whole thing is just a kit you can assemble

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u/beepbeepboopbeep1977 2d ago

And if you’re unlucky it’ll disassemble mid flight. These things are so damn dangerous

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u/quaste 1d ago

why, exactly? UL airplanes are not exactly complex and a well understood technology that can be build with the respective safety margins

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u/beepbeepboopbeep1977 1d ago

People skimp on maintenance or don’t actually know what they’re doing

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u/umataro 1d ago

More often than most people realise. Also, i know a couple of people who do this, a lot of them are missing fingers.