Cayley's Model Helicopter
George Cayley's model helicopter design drawing. The opposite-rotating rotors were made of feathers stuck into corks. A bow string was used to activate it.
Image: © Science Museum / Science and Society Picture Library
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George Cayley's model helicopter design drawing. The opposite-rotating rotors were made of feathers stuck into corks. A bow string was used to activate it.
Image: © Science Museum / Science and Society Picture Library