Burkel, who had tried a few other slush-clearing devices that didn't do the job for him, said the idea for the Slush Copter just kind of "popped into his head" one morning last winter. Burkel, who works at Polaris in Roseau, Minn., then began experimenting with various prototypes for fishing friends to try.
A five-blade prototype took too much battery juice, Burkel said; he also experimented with the pitch of the blades until landing on the version that hit the market about three weeks ago.
Burkel's wife, Monica, who owns MonTech Computers in Roseau, has helped with marketing, along with designing the website and packaging for the Slush Copter.
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