The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci: THE FLYING MACHINES

Opis: Book + 2 models. The kit contains all the necessary pieces to build two flying machines. The book explains the secrets of flying, from Leonardo's studies and drawings to his designs of flying machines. The machinec faithfully reproduce Leonardo's designs, and they reall work!

Construct the models of the ornithopter and the aerial screw, and then read to discover all the secrets of flight!

Today, it is quite natural for us to board a plane and cross great distances...but this is a possibility that we have only recently achieved! In the past, many cultivated the dream of flying, and even the great Leonardo da Vinci, genius of the Renaissance, attempted to realise this aspiration. Observing the flight of birds, Leonardo studied the movements of the wings and designed incredible flying machines, similar to hang gliders, helicopters and modern aircraft. Construct the models of the ornithopter and the aerial screw, and then read to discover all the secrets of flight!