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Da Vinci's Glider

75 WinnerAirlines  9.3 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on GJW14's Glider Challenge

To the Glider challenge Leonardo da Vinci’s Glider was sketched along with many other flying machines and mechanisms that would power and control them. In the following pages i will recreate them from his original drawings and examine and animate them. First i will have a look at his plans for a glider. This is probably one of his most debated drawings, because at the time he sketched it, it might have been possible to build. The image below shows one of the drawings he created while studying a Kite, a small, agile bird. He attempted to converted the Kites skeletal structure into a flying machine

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Glider Challenge
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
  • Length 25.6ft (7.8m)
  • Height 9.2ft (2.8m)
  • Empty Weight 2,257lbs (1,024kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,995lbs (1,358kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 6.9lbs/ft2 (33.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 432.4ft2 (40.2m2)
  • Drag Points 1124

Parts

  • Number of Parts 55
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 236
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    That never flew and with a human it may never be able to fly

    9.1 years ago
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    20.2k Aginuzo
    Thanks@grantflys
    9.3 years ago
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    8,395 GJW14
    Disqualified!
    9.3 years ago
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    8,395 GJW14
    @Aginuzo @WinnerAirlines : As this plane is a copy/edit w/ no credit it has been disqualified. WinnerAirlines cannot re-join the competition.
    9.3 years ago
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    All he did was take the engine off of this https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/jLVaig/DaVinci-Flyer
    9.3 years ago
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    2,903 NachoMan
    Copy!
    9.3 years ago
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    2,903 NachoMan
    Copy!
    9.3 years ago
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    2,903 NachoMan
    @AndrewGarrison this guys stuff is only copies from a few months or so ago
    9.3 years ago
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    1,901 IceDragon416
    It looks like a dragon
    9.3 years ago
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    Hey man, you just did what I wanna do,and Im sure that I will never do better than you. Both Leo and you are awsome!
    9.3 years ago
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    20.2k Aginuzo
    Please do not take credit for my design from 5 months ago.
    9.3 years ago