Amateur Ding Shilu spends 4 years building aircraft but crashes it straight away The plane is made of motorcycle engines and components from electric bicycles Ding Shilu, 65, spent four years and £200 on making the plane After four years of building his plane using recycled bike and motorcycle engines, migrant worker Ding Shilu from China was ready for take off. But his aircraft had other ideas. Seconds after its test flight today along a quiet road in his hometown of Shengyang in China's Liaoning province, the plane crashed straight into the grass inches from the edge of the makeshift runway. The plane is in several pieces as car mechanic Ding Shilu, on the right with friends, unloads his self-made aircraft from a truck before today's test flight Here goes: Ding Shilu, 65, operating his self-made aircraft during the flight on the outskirts of Shenyang, Liaoning province, China So far so good: the plane, weighing around 300 pounds and costing less at £200, is running down the road in on the outskirts of Shenyang Automobile mechanic Shilu, 65, put the plane together using three motorcycle engines and components from electric bicycles and even plastic cloth. It weighed about 300 punds and cost just £200 to make. Today's test flight was not Shilu's first attempt. He has taken off three times previously since launching his project and in different weather conditions, but without much luck. Still, he looks set to carry on building and adapting his plane until it takes off successfully. Oh no: the plane crash landed inches from the runway, a road in Shenyang, China, but at least Ding Shilu (pictured left) is safe