His aircraft is beautiful. He thoroughly researched the structure of a bird's body. A helicopter model powered by rubber bands, that he created in 1871, could fly 40m for 11 seconds. It sure was a stable flight. |
![]() This beautiful model had a big influence on his later aircraft designs. Just before the accomplishment of building an aircraft for both water and earth, designed by him in 1876, he killed himself, though he was looking forward to seeing it.
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