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The Aerial ScrewInstruction manualGenius is TimelessAGES 8+

8Single RotorTwin-RoterOperating the rudder pedals to increase the thrust makes the helicopter turn inthe same direction as the rotor blades. Decreasi

9HELICOPTER BRIEFS• If a helicopter engine stops, its rotor continues to spin, allowing the machine to slowly land, generally without crashing to th

10x 4IHJGFx 4KCEDBAComponents

11JIHGFC123How to Assemble

12EDKBA456How to Assemble

131234How to Operate the Aerial Screw

14Aerial ScrewThe Aerial Screw design is a precursorof the modern day helicopter.The drawing of Da Vinci’s conceptillustrated the compression of air t

15Swing BridgeThe Swing Bridge was a portable,lightweight bridge intended to span a bodyof water for armies to cross, and then quicklydisassemble in o

16PaddleboatIn Da Vinci’s time, nautical expedition wasthe most expedient method of communicatingwith the world and his design for a boatwith large wh

iContents• About Leonardo Da Vinci• Da Vinci’s Notebooks• Da Vinci’s Concept: Aerial Screw• The Arial Screw Concept Has Developed Into Our Modern Da

The Aerial ScrewInstruction manualGenius is TimelessP38-DV002-81001000Printed in ChinaInterpretation of the original Leonardo da Vinci’s design/copyri

1“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” (April

2strengthen the Moor’s position in battles. The letter hinted at inventions thatincluded portable lightweight bridges and improved designs for bombard

3The Mona Lisa (circa 1503) The Last Supper (circa 1498)Virtruvian Man (circa 1487)Da Vinci later took positions with King Louis XII and Pope Leo X an

4Da Vinci’s notebooks are now more than 500 years old.They are not bound the way a typical book would betoday, but rather comprised of loose sheets of

5Several common themes recur in the now fragilenotebooks: Nature, Technology (including gears,cogwheels, screws and pulleys), aviation and vision,to n

6Da Vinci’s Concept: Aerial ScrewThe Aerial Screw designed by Leonardo da Vinciwas an early precursor to the principle of themodern day helicopter. T

7In 1907 a French engineer, Paul Comu, managed to lift a twin-rotor model offthe ground for just a few seconds.A little more than a decade later, ano