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Originally Posted by KCWolfman
DaVinci wrote the designs for an "ornithopter" a flying machine that would flap its wings like a bird. The straight design has never been succesfully accomplished, although the helicopter is a bastard derivative of the ornithopter.
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Yes, I know that. I was taking issue with the assertion that the modern helicopter is based on the concept of the ornithopter. Da Vinci came up with another design that resembled a rotating, screw-like flying machine.
I'd argue that that design is more akin to modern helos than the ornithopter.