Da Vinci Helicopter Safety Shortcoming

Da Vinci Helicopter Safety ShortcomingDa Vinci Helicopter is an awesome part of our history! Helicopters beat the air into submission and are way cool to fly. However, Leonardo Da Vinci’s helicopter has a major shortcoming in its safety. Why are there no classic fly-in helicopter shows?

“Aside from painting the Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci sketched out what he called the Aerial Screw. This Aerial Screw was a man-powered helicopter that required four men to spin cranks fast enough to generate enough lift to get off the ground. After the Aerial Screw sketch it took another 420+ years to actually make a working helicopter.” – Dr. Knowitall

Back in the day, Leonardo Da Vinci wasn’t just about painting mysterious smiles—he also dabbled in designing what we now call helicopters. His masterpiece of flight? The “Aerial Screw.” Basically, it was a giant corkscrew designed to defy gravity with the help of four men cranking for dear life. It was a bold idea, but one glaring issue: no one wants to be the guy spinning cranks in a giant wooden machine that, let’s be real, was more likely to create medieval smoothie accidents than take to the skies.

Fast forward 420+ years and we finally got helicopters that do fly. And while modern birds like Apaches and Blackhawks beat the air into submission with all the grace of a drunken giant, you’ve got to wonder: why aren’t there classic fly-in helicopter shows? Well, it’s probably because nobody’s nostalgic about the “good old days” when the only safety measure was, “Don’t stand under it.”

Maybe Da Vinci had vision, but trust me, I wouldn’t have bought a ticket to that show!

Are you on Helicopter Mode vs. Airplane Mode? Forget airplane mode, be on helicopter mode. Some airplanes can turn on a dime, but all helicopters can stop, hover, and pick up that dime.

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