Da Vinci Inventions
Da Vinci’s helicopter measured more than 15 feet in diameter and was made from reed, linen and wire. It was to be powered by four men standing on a central platform turning cranks to rotate the shaft. With enough rotation, da Vinci believed the invention would lift off the ground. Unfortunately, due to weight constrictions, modern scientists do not believe da Vinci’s invention would have been able to take flight.
Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had
over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight.
The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.
A typical
cannon of Da Vinci's age was cast iron or bronze, had a short barrel, a short
range and fired cannonballs which fitted very
approximately.He wanted to
increase the rate of firing weapons and so designed machines with multiple
cannons, so they could be fired successively or all together.
The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.
I chose the parachute as I thought it would be interesting to animatate flying over the 15th century Italian city scape.On research to Leanardo da Vinci ,I found many usefull books to get an insight into the mind and workings of Da vinci.
Leonardo is also renowned as a scientist, engineer and inventor. The areas of his scientific study included aeronautics, anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, civil engineering, chemistry, geology, geometry, hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics, pyrotechnics and zoology.
The three models I will be creating is a person,a parachute and a city scape.
Here is an excellent tutorial i found for creating humans in 3ds max.
Lofting tool tutorial
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