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No single person invented it. Like many things it evolved through the experimentation and adaptation of many brilliant men and women. The key issue here is considering a machine that could make sustained and controllable flights. There have been machines of various sizes and shapes that might have been able to lift into the sky, but designing one that could stay there for any length of time, or that could be controlled in all axes is the yardstick to be used to measure accomplishment. Igor Sikorsky is credited as building the first practical helicopter in the US (and the world's first mass-produced helicopter, the R-4, since the German machines built during WWII really weren't mass-produced), however the Germans had a flyable one several years before Sikorsky did (look up Prof. Focke and the Fw-61). And going back even further Juan Cierva of Spain can be credited with what is probably the most important invention in helicopter design when he developed an articulated rotor system for his autogyro (gyroplane).
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What if Leonard da vinci made a working helicopter?
Then it would fly! unfortunatly he didn't. He did design a helicopter, but it is not believed to work.
Did Leonardo de vinci make the helicopter?
No but he made the glider.
What did Leonardo draw detailed studies in order to understand flight?
He had a drawing made of the helicopter , which was invented later.
What did Leonardo DA VINCI do to change the world?
he made an outline to the things we use today like the tank and helicopter
How many of Da Vinci's inventions are in use today?
He invented a spiral contraption that is similar to a modern day design of the helicopter and also built wings that he thought could make a person fly but later realized that birds have hollow bones whereas people have heavy, solid bones. Other than that, I don't know... Hope I helped.
What is a helicopter made out of?
The helicopter is made out of metal and tin.
Where was the helicopter rotor made?
The helicopter was made in China.
Who made the helicopter in 1900?
Nobody made the helicopter in 1900
When was the first helicopter made?
The first helicopter was made in 1909.
Who made the first helicopter?
The first Helicopter was made by Igor Sikorsky, in 1939.
was the first helicopter made in 1909?
No, the first practical helicopter was made in 1941.
How did igor sikorsky's helicopter affect history?
the helicopter made him horny
What company made the helicopter?
Sikorsky made the first practical helicopter. Bell followed very soon after
Who made the backpack helicopter?
me as in me........................
Was the first helicopter made in the fifteenth century?
It was not built then, but Leonardo da Vinci made a drawing of a helicopter in the 15th Century.
Who is the first person to make a helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky made the first practical helicopter
Who was the first person to make an helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky made the first practical helicopter
