Researchers believe that if Leonardo da Vinci had at his disposal modern materials, mankind would have received many useful inventions several centuries earlier: hang gliders, apparatus for finding under water, self-propelled cars and much more. Today, more than 5,000 handwritten pages of the great inventor are known, most of them are collected in notebooks - codes. In our review - drawings of the fantastic apparatus of Leonardo da Vinci and the author's comments on some of them.
Helicopter: & hellip; I think that if this screw mechanism is soundly made, i.e. made of starched cloth (to avoid tears) and quickly untwisted, then it will find support in the air and fly high up …
Takeoff and Landing System: & hellip; look at a stone swift that has landed on the ground and cannot take off due to its short legs; and when he is in flight, pull out the ladder, as shown in the second image above … so you have to take off from the plane; these stairs serve as legs …
Aircraft variant.
Parachute: … If a person has an awning made of dense fabric, each side of which is 12 arm lengths, and the height is 12, then he can jump without breaking from any significant height.
Imitating the feathery wing of a bird, Leonardo designed wings with sliding doors made of nets, cane or paper that open on takeoff.
Ornitottero Wing Test: … If you want to do a real test of the wings, make a paper and net with reeds 20 arms long and 12 m wide and attach it to a 200 lb board and push it suddenly. And if the 200 pound board rises before the wing drops, you can consider the tests successful …
Leonardo's excavator - a machine for lifting and transporting excavated material The excavator was installed on rails and, as the work progressed, it moved forward.
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Water walking system and lifebuoy.
Underwater breathing apparatus with a floating dome on the surface, diving suit designs and swimming webbed gloves.
Hydraulic mechanisms - Archimedean screws and water wheels.
The eternal screw is a system for transmitting motion.
2 types of speed switches and transmission system (gears).
The self-propelled cart is a prototype of a car. The movement should take place using a complex crossbow mechanism.
Leonardo da Vinci's bicycle.
Clockwork elements.
Rapid fire crossbow.
Giant crossbow.
Terrible war machines - platforms equipped with scythe that existed in ancient Rome: … These mowers were varied and often caused huge damage to both allies and enemies … arrows from bows and crossbows, throwers of slings and all should be put up against these carts types of darts, rush, stones, fire. All this, as well as the drumming and screams, will frighten the horses, and they, throwing off the bridle, will carry …
The prototype of the tank is a heavy turtle-shaped van armed with cannons on all sides and encased in armor. The crew was supposed to consist of 8 people.
Rapid-fire weapon options.