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Brief: final year university project. The goal of the project was to build a model that would fit into a professional context of our choice. I decided to build a 1:6 model of Leonardo's human powered ornithopter, based on his sketches and notes of the machine. The model was intended for museum exhibitions.
Leonardo's human powered ornithopter
Paper
Hand-cut
Chemiwood and paper
Hand-carved
Brass
Hand-cut
Lime wood
Cut on bandsaw
Lime wood
Scored on milling machine
Brass
Laser etched
My sketch
based on Leonardo's drawings and notes.
Changes in design
for the handle (from solid, turned brass to wood with brass details).
Details at the bottom
before assembling the wings and the base
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