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  2. Wind-up toy - Wikipedia

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    Automata built for the sake of art, amusement, and simulation have been described since antiquity, in cases such as Heron of Alexandria designing clockwork birds during the Hellenistic Period. [2] Leonardo da Vinci is frequently credited with constructing a mechanical lion , which he presented to King Francois I in Lyon in 1515.

  3. Thomas & Friends merchandise - Wikipedia

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    The player has to create a new track route from one of three settings: farm, quarry or docks. There they can pick to have what sort of layout either a simple loop or figure eight. To start, the player can pick one of four characters available from the series which are Thomas, Edward, James and Percy. Items used to create and customize the track ...

  4. Helicopter flight controls - Wikipedia

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    To create movement to sides To move sideways Collective Collective angle of attack for the rotor main blades via the swashplate: Increase/decrease pitch angle of all main rotor blades equally, causing the aircraft to ascend/descend Increase/decrease torque. In some helicopters the throttle control(s) is a part of the collective stick.

  5. Fuze Keeping Clock - Wikipedia

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    The FKC received vertical reference information from a Gyro Level Corrector and aircraft altitude, range, direction, and speed input information from the Rangefinder-Director, and output to the guns the elevation and deflection data needed to hit the target, along with the correct fuze timing information, so that the shells fired would explode in the vicinity of the target aircraft. [4]

  6. Early flying machines - Wikipedia

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    In 19th century France an association was set up to collaborate on helicopter designs, of which there were many. In 1863 Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt constructed a model using the established counter-rotating rotors. Initially powered by steam it failed, but a clockwork version did fly.

  7. AgustaWestland Apache - Wikipedia

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    The AgustaWestland Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army Air Corps.The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing; the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland Helicopters (later AgustaWestland) at Yeovil, Somerset in England from Boeing-supplied kits.

  8. List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country - Wikipedia

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    Firth Helicopters [4] Gadfly Aircraft (defunct) Saro – merged with Westland Aircraft, later Agusta-Westland [41] Thruxton Aviation [28] Wallis Autogyros [42] Westland Aircraft – merged with the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe (with their hovercraft) to create Westland Helicopters in 1961 [43]

  9. List of rotorcraft - Wikipedia

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