> Sure, but I've only followed Leonardo's instructions....
> AFAIK this boat with paddles was never built, it appears in
> the "Windsor folios", though there is another version more
> complex (mechanically talking) in the "Codex Atlanticus".
> Leonardo had great ideas but the only energy he could
> count with was human strength so I suppose all these
> machines (including flying ones) failed in their purpose.
> But, as with other machines, it's amazing to see something
> that was thought in XV century and that look so modern.
> A good mix if old & new technology, I believe.
> Bye.
>
You wouldn't happen to have links to an online version of these works, would
you?  I've heard something about them and how "ahead of his time" he was,
but I've never seen them.

--Jeff

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