You know, the traffic sucks here in Nashville, Tennessee. In case you haven’t heard, it’s probably one of the most complained-about aspects of living in the Music City. In short, it blows. We’ve been racking our brains trying to figure out solutions for it for years now. But, not once have I been stuck in a traffic jam and thought, “we should start building our own helicopters. That would alleviate this issue.”
Ladies and gentlemen, it just might be crazy enough to work. These are the kinds of innovative ideas that may make Nashville an American giant after all. This could be our ticket to becoming one of the elite cities in the country.
Courtesy of Channel News Asia:
Indonesia’s notorious traffic gridlock has been known to send commuters into a spin, but one man has decided to rise above the daily grind – by building his very own helicopter.
Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams of flying above the snarled roads of his hometown Sukabumi.
This guy is a real go-getter. I can’t imagine hating anything badly enough to drive me to putting in the time to build a helicopter. That Indonesia traffic must be something else, folks.
But, I read this and think it begs a bigger question here at home: is this an option for us here in Nashville? I’m not sure what the regulations are like for homemade helicopters. I mean, it seems like this is probably a bad idea. I don’t know how this makes it all the way to Channel News Asia before someone steps in and says, “hey man – are you sure this is a good idea?” But, who am I to judge Indonesia and their traffic problems? Still, I feel like somebody here would catch wind of it and it’d be shut down pretty quickly.
Plus, what happens if you actually succeed? What would it cost to park your helicopter on someone’s roof downtown? How do you think that first flight goes over? I’m no expert, but I’d be willing to bet you’d be shot out of the sky with cannonballs.
This is practically what YouTube was invented for, though. I’m not going to pay someone to change my windshield wipers when I can just watch five YouTube videos (they teach you in academia that you have to have five credible sources to become an expert in something) and then do it myself. Windshield wipers….a functioning helicopter….not much difference there, honestly.
YouTube is probably the biggest winner in this entire story. Imagine the big dickedness they’re walking around with today. “Oh, you sold some paper? Well, our product just taught a regular ol’ dude how to build a helicopter.”
Didn’t expect to find some BDE in this article, but here we are.
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