29K views · 156 reactions | We turned Leonardo’s Aerial Screw from vision to reality! Meet the ROKR Da Vinci Helicopter — any engineering geeks up for this? #ROKR #IndustrialCity #steampunk #mechanicalkit #modelkit #3dpuzzle | ROKR | Facebook

For more than 500 years, the drawings and imaginations of Italian Renaissance mastermind Leonardo da Vinci have inspired generations of scientists, inventors and creative thinkers. In a new spin on a classic da Vinci design, students from the University of Maryland’s Department of Aerospace Engineering have taken one of the master’s ideas, the “Aerial Screw,” and developed a working prototype. Unveiled at the Vertical Flight Society’s 2022 Transformative Vertical Flight Conference—Crimson Spin,

34 reactions | This week, the McMurry Society of Physics Students celebrated Leonardo da Vinci's birthday by recreating his "Aerial Screw," which is now considered one of the first-ever designs of a helicopter. | McMurry University | Facebook