Photo Gallery Orville the Cat Helicopter
Dutch artist Bart Jansen (R) has found an unusual way paying his last respects to his pet cat Orville, who died after being hit by a car -- he turned him into a helicopter, or a quadrocopter to be precise, with four rotors, each fitted to one outstretched paw. Jansen got help from a model airplane pilot, Arjen Beltmann (L), to mount the rotor blades in a way that ensures maximum flight stability.
The flying catskin is part of the KunstRAI art exhibtion in Amsterdam.
"The Orvillecopter, half cat, half machine," Jansen wrote on his website. "Named after the famous aviator Orville Wright. He was killed by a car. After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously." Jansen adds, rather defensively: "For the cat lovers: it's a tanned hide, just like the shoes you're wearing."
The reaction has predictably been mixed. One Youtube viewer called JoergDD2DX commented: "Bart, you're just perverted, but no artist!" Hamdan370 wrotes: "This is sick. Lay the poor cat to rest." But Devilchris86 writes: "HAHAHA, I can't stop laughing! That's hilarious!"
Orville is a quadrocopter, with four rotors, to be precise.
A plastic undercarriage allows dignified landings.
