Swedish DIY Hobbyist Builds Personal Flying Machine For 10,000 Dollars

DIY hobbyist, visionary and inventor Axel Borg builds a personal helicopter for less than USD 10,000 and takes it on a test flight in the woods of Orebro, Sweden.

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Axel Borg writes: "I could comfortably navigate close to the trees completing a circuit on the property. Boy do I enjoy flying low, slow and close to the surrounding nature! Setup: FC 5x KK 2.1 running stock 1.6 firmware / Motors 76x Multistar Elite 5010 274Kv / ESC 76x afro 20A HV, with one extra 63V 330uF low ESR capacitor fitted to each ESC to handle the long current path from battery to ESC. / Batteries 80x Multistar 4S 5.2Ah / RC 5x Turnigy TGY-i6S Digital Proportional Radio Control System / All of the above purchased from Hobby King - my favorite online hobby shop! Total cost: approximately 10.000 USD"

And here is the flight from the pilot's view:

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