Engineering students from the University of Maryland developed the Crimson Spin drone. It was created based on a sketch by the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci 530 years later.
Nowadays, a quadcopter with a propeller-like design can make several short flights.
In the process of creating a flying device, American engineers decided not to use leather and wood - materials from which Leonardo da Vinci himself tried to make a structure. Instead, the drone was made of aluminum, plastic, electric motors and batteries.
In addition, the developers built into the drone software for calculating hydrodynamic characteristics, modeling and control.
The authors of the project believe that based on the concept of a propeller, it is possible to create a larger device that can lift even a person into the sky. This is exactly what Leonardo da Vinci dreamed of.
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