Hexacopter In Cameroon: African Country From The Sky, Like You've Never Seen It Before (VIDEO)

Even if you've been fortunate enough to visit Cameroon, you've probably never seen it like this before.

William Thielicke, a Ph.D. student in biomimetics, built an MM6 Hexacopter (yes, that has six rotors) and attached a video camera to it, and the results are absolutely stunning.

Fly down Cameroon's coast and up its rivers, above small villages, roads and farms and through bridges and forests.

The video is about seven months old, but thanks to a recent third-place finish at the Vilsflimmern film festival in Germany, and posts on Gizmodo, Buzzfeed and The Awesomer, it's making the rounds on the Web.

And in case you're interested in doing this yourself, Thielicke has instructions on his website about how to build your very own MM6 Hexacopter.

WATCH: A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon

A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon / Africa from W. Thielicke on Vimeo.

Comments

[HaPdaze]

09:02 AM on 08/20/2011

I thought this was truly beautiful and appreciate the chance to "visit" Cameroon:)

[Olisar]

08:43 AM on 08/20/2011

I've been to Cameroon, and while these are fine shots, they do absolutely no justice to the breath-taking countrysides of Western Cameroon. Buea has a stunnig mountain, that juts into the clouds like it was made by hands. Flying next to it blows the mind; literally. Then there is Limbe (formerly Victoria); the beaches are some of the best that I have ever seen. There are springs on the way to Douala. The water comes from extinct volcanic rocks. In my view, the best water on earth. And I am not Cameroonian. Good job, though.

[cre8iveman]

12:29 AM on 08/20/2011

That was pretty damn good.

[tauzero0]

12:01 AM on 08/20/2011

What it must be like to be a bird.

[Ashlee Graser]

10:54 PM on 08/19/2011

SO peaceful, I love the music

[castillopsca]

10:37 PM on 08/19/2011

Now I know how a bumblebee sees our world. I'm very jealous. Great job

[Annette Hammond]

08:55 PM on 08/19/2011

Wow..That's was pretty cool.

[mclown69]

07:17 PM on 08/19/2011

Thats awesome!

[lainey]

05:19 PM on 08/19/2011

Lovely to see the majesty of Cameroon.

[take10]

05:08 PM on 08/19/2011

My neighbors are from Cameroon, and this proves that their home country is as beautiful as they say it is. Beautiful people from a beautiful place...

[ronnew35]

05:02 PM on 08/19/2011

So Beautiful, and to think America has all this money, but nothing can compare to complete beauty and peaceful island like this one.

[aearthling59]

07:35 PM on 08/19/2011

There are many places in America that are beautiful and peaceful but if you tell anyone they'll muck it up.

[mygailbaby]

09:39 PM on 08/19/2011

Did you mean to say; "many places that are beautiful in Africa"? If so, yes. Many are ignorant about what Africa looks like, especially West Africa.

[Cameron Friedrich]

08:57 PM on 08/19/2011

It is not a island buddy....

[roshni]

04:23 PM on 08/19/2011

Beautiful! I want to go!

[Canuknotusa]

04:12 PM on 08/19/2011

Started off terrific.

Got progressively worse…

It would be nice to have more shots from higher up of the natural beauty - rather than trick shots through car windows…

Just my suggestion...

[Kristl Morton]

04:06 PM on 08/19/2011

Wow! The coastline is nothing like I've ever seen! Much better than Californias coast, by far.

[dogwatch]

03:12 PM on 08/19/2011

Ingenuity knows no bounds.