Academy 18159 – Da Vinci Series 10 – Da Vinci Helicopter Snap Fit Plastic Model Kit

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian scientist and artist, born during the Renaissance era, widely regarded as the most talented industrial inventor and designer including many aspects of modern science and technology.

This kit is a replica of Da Vinci’s Aerial Screw design, a forerunner of the modern helicopter.

Structurally unable to fly, Da Vinci’s design stimulated curiosity about the possibility of vertical flight

A mechanical spring controls rotation and vertical movement of the fuselage

The kit is molded in black and wood-colored styrene and presented on two parts trees plus a base and three-part aerial screw molded in tan.

Please note this kit does not contain glue or paint and are not required for this kit however can be used

Product Id: ACA-18159