The World’s Smallest Personal Helicopter
By on May 18th, 2008 |198 views
Gennai Yanagisawa is the developer of this one-man helicopter from Japan. The Helicopter’s name is GEN H-4 Its only 75Kg ( 165 Lb). It has has a set of two rotors turning in opposite directions and can fly at a maximum speed of 50 kilometres (31 miles) per hour.
until now He sold 5 sets of these helicopters in Japan and two in the United States. Yanagisawa owns a company in Japan which sells this helicopter, he said.
“Since the concept of our helicopter came from Italy, I always wanted to take a flight in the birthplace of da Vinci,” Yanagisawa said.
“I feel like I’m greeting an ancestor. I hope da Vinci would be pleased,” Yanagisawa told AFP.
The current model is priced at six million yen (58,250 dollars).
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