Schoolboy’s dead pet rat turned into remote controlled flying drone toy

Schoolboy’s dead pet rat turned into remote controlled flying drone toy

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Sep 15, 2014: When you’ve stuffed a cat and made it fly, why not do the same for a rat? Inventors ease schoolboy’s grief with bizarre flying rodent project

He’s back:Popeijn with his flaying pet rat Ratjetoe.

 

Fond memories: Pepeijin with Ratjetoe

A sad schoolboy’s dreams came true when inventors breathed new life into his dead rat and brought it back to life - as a flying drone!

Pepeijn Bruins, 13, was shattered by the death of his pet rodent Ratjetoe (Dutch for Ratatouille), until he remembered the bizarre work of inventors Arjen Beltman and Bart Jansen.

They had stuffed a cat and made it fly by turning it into a drone, and Pepeijn asked his Dad if they could do the same for Ratjetoe.

Thanks: Pepeijn and inventors Arjen Beltman and Bart Jansen

 

Ready for take-off: Pepeijn with his flying pet rat

The result is the world’s first flying rodent - albeit a dead one - with three radio controlled propellors attached.

Pepeijn, from Arnhem, said of Ratjetoe: "I loved him very much. He always liked to be cuddled and he would run up my clothes and hide.

"When I learned he had cancer and the vet had to put him to sleep I was very upset. I had seen Bart and Arjen and their flying cat, and I asked my dad if it would be possible to have the rat fly."

The rat has three propellers and an on board computer, which receives directions from the remote control.

Bart and Arjen have also made a flying ostrich and are working on a jet-propelled flying shark.

 

Purrfect: Inventors Beltman and Jansen with thier flying cat

 

Birdbrains?: Inventors Beltman and Jansen with thier flying ostrich

 

Arjen said: "When I heard how upset he was, I just knew I had to help. Technically, it was very different to the cat, it has three rotors instead of four, and being a small rodent, it is extremely lightweight, so prone to being blown by the wind."

And his eccentric mate Bart added: "Flight is man’s greatest achievement, so why not give it to more animals? The world needs more flying animals."

 

Jaws-dropping: Beltman and jansen’s flying shark

Their  work was showcased  in a documentary on bizarre the world of taxidermy - All Creatures Great and Stuffed - on Channel 4 earlier this week.

Director Matt Rudge  said: "Everything I caught on camera during this documentary was jaw dropping, but the inventions of Bart and Arjen were something else. I never thought I would see a cat fly, let alone it also flying after a rat with propellers.

"When they then told me their next plan was for a Jet powered Shark, I thought they were winding me up. But three months later it was ready to launch."

Courtesy:Mirror.co