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- 4 June 2012, 17:49
Cat Flap: Dead Pet Turned Into Helicopter
An artist has turned his cat into a flying helicopter after it was killed by a car.
Dutchman Bart Jansen stuffed Orville before teaming up with a radio control helicopter expert to attach propellers to each of its four paws.
The cat - named after pioneering aviator Orville Wright - is now a piece of artwork. The "Orvillecopter" is on show at the Kunstrai art festival in Amsterdam.
Jansen said his creation is "half cat, half machine", and part of a visual art project to pay tribute to his pet.
"After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously," he said.
The Orvillecopter currently struggles to fly steadily, a problem Jansen has promised to fix.
"He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight."
what do you think?
Chris Price
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Pamela Matthews
Even though it's dead, the cat looks terrified. The whole thing is sick.
Shaun Hillier
hope they do the same to him when he,s dead
Kay Grundy
That's sick,what a horrible man to think about doing that.
Baker101
Think? He's actually gone and done it, it seems!
Chris Price
"He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight." And he will hopefully be carrying passengers by the middle of next year after his FAA inspection. Major airline companies have reportedly made offers More news to follow
heneryblackberry
I think that to cat apult your pet into the air is a cat astrophy, and could make it cat atonic, and could act as a cat alyst for others to act in a copy cat manner.
gengisken1227
I categorise you as a joke hogger - well done henry
Louise Smith
What a sick and nasty man..... That is hideous
Brian Holmes
Totally inappropriate. What if a child sees this?
Paul Nicholas
What if a child does see it ?
Laura Revell
yuk, not nice. this cat lover is not impressed !!!!!!!
stephen
the sort sort of thing hannibal lector would do!!
Baker101
Just when I thought I'd seen it all. It's one thing to keep a pet as a stuffed animal after death, but to turn it into a toy or an art work is beyond belief.
Chris Price
Taxidermy can be classed as an art form though
Baker101
Alright, in that form it can be acceptable. But sticking bits on to it and making it into something other than a preserved specimen? Wrong.
gengisken1227
Maybe he needs a catapult, to launch it....................
Chris Price
Like on an aircraft carrier?
Sue J
omg!!!!
Ken Mulholland
What a good idea
Chris Price
He could fit a video camera to Orville then there would be no stopping him going out and roaming the streets hanging out with the other cats. If he fitted him with the bb guns that you can get for model aeroplanes Orville could chase dogs for a change. Jansen could even fly him into the branches of a tree and get him stuck meaning that the fire brigade could come and rescue him Hours of fun
derekhuddy2
That is the most stupid and idiotic thing I have ever seen but he'll probably get 10 mill for it.
Rhys Sage
I don't see why people are so horrified - Has everybody forgotten "Bodyworks" - the exhibit of dead human bodies? Has nobody been to a museum to gawp at a mummy (a dead Egyptian). Has nobody handled ivory or carved the Sunday roast? That's all dead animals. Not sure some of the fast food places don't serve Soylent Green but that's another issue entirely.
Alec Courtney
Thats a great tribute to a loved pet. I may do this instead of making a hat to honour mine when she passes on.
IAN H
Thats one of the funniest things I have ever seen..... I hate cats as they come and go to toilet in my garden so I hope this catches on
jonny english
9:00am on 4/6/2012
Amsterdam has lots of people taking lots of drugs, as can be seen here.
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9:15am on 4/6/2012
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Andrea Hill
9:46am on 4/6/2012
yuk!!!