In a heart-sinking news, a real-life Rancho built a helicopter by himself, only to get killed as a blade slashed his throat in testing. The incident occurred at Maharashtra’s Fulsawangi in the Mahagaon tehsil. The man was inspired by the character of Rancho from “3 Idiots” and always aspired to do something innovative and hence, made a helicopter by himself in his village by watching YouTube videos and trial and error.

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1. Details
2. Meet Sheikh, the Real-Life Rancho from 3 Idiots
3. How Sheikh Made a Helicopter on his Own?
4. Sheikh Takes Test Flight, Situation Goes Haywire
5. “Piece of broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat”
6. Wore Helmet In Every Prior Test Flight, Didn’t Wear in The Last One

Details

There’s no one answer that tells why we feel the need to innovate. Some believe it’s way of fighting against our own insignificance, some claim that it’s our inherent need of problem solving. Whatever the reason may be, it’s safe to say that through radical innovation, we are where we are today. But there are times when innovation can end up being the cause of death of an innovator.

Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, a 24-year-old school created a helicopter all by himself by watching YouTube videos. Unfortunately, his own innovation took his life as during the testing, the helicopter’s blade flew off and slashed his throat. Before he could receive medical treatment, he succumbed to his injury and died.

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Meet Sheikh, the Real-Life Rancho from 3 Idiots

Sheikh had quit going to school after class 8th and had started working in his brother’s gas welding workshop. Over the course of years, he trained under his brother and went on to perfect the art of making almirahs, lockers and other household articles. The dropout boy from the small town was also inspired by 3 Idiots character Rancho.

For those who may have not seen the film, Rancho – played by Aamir Khan – believed in the spirit of innovation and inspired his friends at his engineering college to actually enjoy the process of innovation and learning.

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How Sheikh Made a Helicopter on his Own?

Sheikh’s friend Sachin Ubale was quoted by a Times of India report saying-

“Inspired by the character of in the film ‘3 Idiots’, Ismail wanted to do something unique and hence decided to build a helicopter in the village. After gathering information about the design and assembly by watching YouTube videos, he started working on his dream project.”

Further explaining the time and efforts it took Sheikh to create the helicopter, Sachin added-

“It took nearly two years for Ismail to collect all the parts needed. He also readied the prototype of a single-seater helicopter by welding steel pipes and fitted a Maruti 800 engine to power it.”

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Sheikh Takes Test Flight, Situation Goes Haywire

Sheikh was aiming to showcase his innovation to the people in his village on the upcoming Independence Day. On the fateful evening of the accident, he decided to test his own helicopter. Occupying the pilot seat, he turned the ignition of the engine. So far, everything was working well and his friends were awed at how the rotor wings started to move in speed.

“Piece of broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat”

“Even before anyone could understand what was happening, a piece of the broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat and he collapsed to the ground,”

-said Sachin, explaining the accident in detail. Everyone gathered around rushed to help Sheikh, who was bleeding profusely at that time. Before help could come, Sheikh died.

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Wore Helmet In Every Prior Test Flight, Didn’t Wear in The Last One

Ironically enough, Harish, Sheikh’s friend, claimed that during prior tests, Sheikh used to wear a helmet and a headphone. Prior testing sessions were successful and the helicopter also flew 5 feet above the ground. But on that particular evening, as fate had it, Sheikh didn’t wear the helmet. Sheikh had named the helicopter ‘Munna Helicopter’, owing to the fact that he was called Munna by his friends and closed ones.