The invention from Da Vinci I chose was the flying ship. I am sure that everyone already knows how that turned out; not well. The invention never actually worked. Leonardo Da Vinci believed when he drew up these plans it could actually work. It would take a two hundred pound man to operate it. He figured that the man would put out two hundred pounds of force from his arms, legs and head each. The man would push the levers and the pulleys attached would move the wings of the boat up and down like a bird.
Da Vinci looked to birds to design many of his inventions. His materials however were too heavy to make it work; like the example with the parachute. I thought it was really interesting how he studied the flight of birds. I think I would have tried to design flying machines the same way, if birds can do it then why can't we do the same. Da Vince was definately a genius with many good ideas and some odd ones too. He was very brave to try out all of his ideas.
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That airplane ride would definately not be a luxurious one. It is amazing that he could come up with something that magnificant with just the idea of birds. It is really neat that he used what his previous inventions to make bigger and better ones. Could you imagine having to fly tht plane on your own? I don't think I would want to even attempt.
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ReplyDeleteActually, he tried out very few of his inventions. That is left to us who lack the imagination to design our own marvels.