--- title: Man Flies in 54 Propeller Drone Type Aircraft description: See a man fly in an aircraft that looks like a drone with 54 propellers canonical: https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-02T21:47:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:00.764Z og:title: Watch a Man Go for a Ride in a 'Super Drone' With 54 Propellers og:description: See a man fly in an aircraft that looks like a drone with 54 propellers og:url: https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Man Go for a Ride in a 'Super Drone' With 54 Propellers twitter:description: See a man fly in an aircraft that looks like a drone with 54 propellers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Guy Made His Own 'Super Drone' Using 54 Propellers ## Video: Amazing Drone Footage [Watch (HLS stream): Amazing Drone Footage](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nRfSLNxe.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2014-07-08. Here's some of the best drone footage from the web._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 2, 2015 9:47 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 2, 2015 9:47 PM UTC Technology blogs have been circulating a YouTube clip of a man who appears to be going for a ride in a type of aerial vehicle that looks like it is made out of a bunch of parts that would normally be found in a drone. A description of the footage posted by a user named “gasturbine101” on the video-sharing platform claims the monstrosity can “lift” up to 361 pounds, is made up of “54 counter-rotation propellers” and can stay in the air for about 10 minutes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/"},"headline":"This Guy Made His Own 'Super Drone' Using 54 Propellers","datePublished":"2015-09-02T21:47:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:00.764Z","description":"It's creating quite a buzz","url":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/","name":"This Guy Made His Own 'Super Drone' Using 54 Propellers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amazing Drone Footage","description":"Here's some of the best drone footage from the web.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nRfSLNxe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-08T18:49:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nRfSLNxe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4020800/54-propeller-super-drone/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```