Academy 18129 DAVINCI SELF-PROPELLING CART

Leonardo Da Vinci (born 1452, died 1519) was undoubtedly one of the most brilliant men of the Renaissance and is widely regarded as one of the most talented people in history. He was not only an extremely gifted painter, the author of such masterpieces as "The Lady with an Ermine" or "The Last Supper", but also an extremely prolific inventor and innovator. One of Leonardo's most avant-garde projects was a self-propelled pram, sometimes considered a very distant predecessor of today's automobiles. The project envisaged the use of two symmetrical springs in this vehicle, one of which would set the device in motion and the other would be a kind of "lifeline" in case of damage to the first. At the same time, Leonardo da Vinci assumed the use of a balance wheel, known at the time from watchmaking mechanisms, to give the entire machinery the required balance and stability of work. Some researchers are looking for a mechanism similar to the d differential (differential) in this vehicle.

Plastic functional model.

No glue or paint is needed to assemble the model.