{"id":1052,"date":"2020-04-18T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T08:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/product\/da-vinci-helicopter-wooden-kit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:28:02","slug":"da-vinci-helicopter-wooden-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/da-vinci-helicopter-wooden-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Da Vinci Helicopter Wooden Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonardo da Vinci developed concepts for a giant air screw late in the 15th century. This working model uses a bevel gear, also from his drawings, to spin the canopy and support structure, illustrating the way Leonardo thought flight might be possible.<\/p>\n<p>A fun and inspiring project from one of the greatest minds of history.<\/p>\n<p>Easy to make from pre-cut and pre-drilled sustainable timber. Finished model size is 38cm high by 23 cm wide.<\/p>\n<p>On display at the Leonardo da Vinci museum in Rome:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/215148085\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/215148085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Screw model at da Vinci museum in Rome<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user64351698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigel Kirby<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonardo da Vinci developed concepts for a giant air screw late in the 15th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1047,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[70],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1052","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-pathfinders","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnature.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}