Elenco Catapult User Manual

CatapultInstruction manualGenius is TimelessAGES 8+

8Spring CatapultComplex Spring CatapultSpring CatapultComplex Spring Catapultplatform from which to drop the counterweight. The counterweight is pulle

9Springald on a Swivel MountingBowed SpringaldDouble OnagerDa Vinci’s drawing of an existing device, the framed torsionweapon, is called a Springald.

10Catapults In Later UseWorld War IThe last large scale military use of catapults was during the trench warfare. Duringthe early stages of the war, ca

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17Aerial ScrewThe Aerial Screw design is a precursorof the modern day helicopter.The drawing of Da Vinci’s conceptillustrated the compression of air t

iContents• About Leonardo Da Vinci• Da Vinci’s Notebooks• Catapult• Types of Siege Engines• Da Vinci And Catapults• Catapults In Later Use• Components

18Swing BridgeThe Swing Bridge was a portable,lightweight bridge intended to span a bodyof water for armies to cross, and then quicklydisassemble in o

19PaddleboatIn Da Vinci’s time, nautical expedition wasthe most expedient method of communicatingwith the world and his design for a boatwith large wh

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CatapultInstruction manualGenius is TimelessP38-DV010-81001000Printed in ChinaInterpretation of the original Leonardo da Vinci’s design/copyright by L

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

6CatapultsTypes of Siege EnginesTo understand siege weapons, it is importantto discover the way battles were fought duringDa Vinci’s time. Sieges were

7Fixed CounterweightTrebuchetIn the early middle ages, catapults were used to hurl objects directly at the castle walls.The catapult was a heavy siege