A Student Builds a Remote Control Airplane Around a Centrifugal Fan Taken From an Old Electric Heater

Aviation student Samm Sheperd built a remote control airplane around a centrifugal fan taken from an old electric heater. The engine doesn’t provide as much thrust as a traditional propeller, but as Sheperd demonstrates in the video, it’s more than enough to get his makeshift styrofoam plane into the air.

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.