ACADEMY Da Vinci Machines Series Flying Pendulum Clock - #18157

Description

A SNAP TOGETHER model of DaVincis Flying Pendulum Clock

Easy to build
Complete step-by-step Instructions
No glue, no paint, no tools needed
Beautifully detailed
Learn, enjoy the operation, collect the series

Not your ordinary educational models, the da Vinci kits are based on the early designs of Leonardo da Vinci. The Flying Pendulum Clock needs no glue, paint or battery to finish and operate. Easy to build, it delivers a learning experience during assembly, and serves as entertainment when watching the completed timepiece operate. Da Vinci was fascinated by how timepieces operate. Based on one of his sketches, it uses the laws of motion and a vertical flying pendulum escapement to keep accurate time.

The pendulums weights, in a bucket suspended from a crane-style arm, act as the clocks power source. The weights propel the pendulum from vertical post to vertical post. As it flies it turns precision gears which in turn keep time. To speed up or slow the clock, adjust the weight-balance of the pendulum by adding or removing weights.

Flying Pendulum Clock is based on a da Vinci sketch
No glue, paint or battery needed to build and operate
Uses laws of motion and a flying vertical pendulum design to keep time
Weights act as the power source. Clock speed is controlled by adding or reducing weight
Pendulum moves precision gears which keep time
Easy to follow instructions. Fun to build. Entertaining to watch it operate.