Matthias Paul Scholz's

Book:

The Aerial Screw

Book
	Bills of Material	The Aerial Screw is one of the devices Leonardo designed for human flight. Often misinterpreted as a "helicopter", it is in fact based on the idea of "screwing into the air". In the book, you will find: an introduction into the historical background of the Aerial Screw a discussion of the particular challenges when rebuilding it with LEGO detailed building instructions programs for the robot for the following NXT programming languages: NXT-G RobotC NXC leJOS NXJ pbLua
	Parts you need for this robot in addition to the ones contained in the NXT Retail kit (click on the parts to view the sets that contain them): Technic Brick 1 x 16 with Holes Baseplate 32 x 32 Plate 1 x 1 Plate 1 x 3 Plate 1 x 6 Brick 1 x 1 Technic Brick 1 x 2 with Hole Technic Brick 1 x 8  with Holes Technic Brick 1 x 10 with Holes Technic Brick 1 x 12 with Holes Technic Liftarm 1 x 7 Technic Liftarm 1 x 3 Technic Liftarm 1 x 4 with Boss Technic Liftarm 1 x 5 Technic Turntable (may be replaced by the one contained in the NXT Retail kit)	The Aerial Screw The following images are meant to display some steps in detail that have been found hard to understand by some readers of the book: Step 40: Parts Step 40