What was the first flying machine of mankind?

It was the kite that was invented by the Chinese.

Airplanes were invented based on the flight of birds.

The Wright brothers, the inventors of the airplane, not only worked hard to grasp the research of their predecessors, but also paid great attention to learning directly from living flying creatures, birds. The Wright brothers often lay on their backs on the ground, carefully observing the eagles' flight in the air for hours on end, studying and pondering their mechanisms for take-off, lifting, and circling. Many of the novel ideas put forward by the Wright brothers at that time were later applied in the aviation industry.

In ancient times there were many accounts of flying and flying machines:

1. As early as the Warring States Period, Mozi made a flying "wooden kite" (yuān) out of wood, and Luban also made a flying "bamboo magpie (què)" from bamboo, It is said that Luban's bamboo magpie can fly for three days and three nights without any power.

2. There is a toy called "bamboo dragonfly" in China. This kind of toy has been recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There are many types of bamboo dragonflies, the simplest of which is composed of bamboo pieces with beveled ends and a bamboo handle.

When playing, as long as you rub the bamboo handle with both hands, when you let go of your hands, the bamboo dragonfly will fly into the sky. Later, it was discovered that the flying principle of the bamboo dragonfly was the same as the propeller principle of ***.

3. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang ordered the recruitment of skilled craftsmen in order to attack the Xiongnu. A craftsman claimed that he could fly in the sky like a bird, so Wang Mang ordered him to perform, only to see this craftsman put feathers all over his head, and made the feathers of the big bird into two huge wings, which were tied to his arms with ropes, like a huge "bird". Later, the craftsman actually flew more than a hundred steps.

4. Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yang, was a famous tyrant in history, who forced prisoners to jump off the 27-zhang high golden phoenix platform and fly on a kite. As a result, most of the people were killed by the fall, and only one named Yuan Huangtou flew several miles on a kite and landed to the ground unharmed.

Kites are the oldest flying machines.

On the road of exploring low-altitude civilization, mankind has experienced the baptism of history and accumulated valuable cultural wealth. In ancient China, human beings have always longed for flying, and many legendary stories have appeared in the exploration of the road of flight. The world's first flying machine was a Chinese kite.

The kite invented by the Chinese more than 2,000 years ago can be called the ancestor of the aircraft. Legend has it that Luban made a wooden magpie that could fly for three days without landing.

In the caves of the Dogat Valley in Qingtantong, Haba River County, northwestern Xinjiang, archaeologists have found several patterns of suspected aircraft, flying saucers, rockets, etc., and researchers have used carbon-14 detection to find that the petroglyphs of these suspected aircraft are tens of thousands of years old.

History of Kites:

The kite is a flying machine invented by the ancients in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which has been more than 2,000 years and is also the world's earliest heavier-than-air flying machine.

The flying principle of the kite is very similar to that of modern airplanes, the pull of the rope causes it to produce relative motion with the air, so as to obtain upward lift. The National Museum of the United States prominently reads: "The world's first flying machines were Chinese kites and rockets".

The British Museum also called the Chinese kite "China's fifth greatest invention".

The kite capital of our country is Weifang, and the four major kite production areas are Weifang, Beijing, Tianjin, and Nantong.

Hello, as early as the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, Sakura Yin Luban began to cut bamboo birds, the spine hall is called "Mu Magpie", after going to heaven can not come down for three days and three nights, this is the earliest flying machine designed by the ancient Chinese, seen in "Mozi Luwen".

Apocalyptic inventions of animals:

1. [Birds, dragonflies, mosquitoes, bees aircraft].

Humans have built various flying machines based on the principle that birds fly in the sky. At the end of each dragonfly's wing, there is a thicker spot that is slightly heavier than the surrounding area, which is the key to preventing the wings from trembling. Aircraft designers studied the flight methods of flies, mosquitoes, bees, etc., and created many new aircraft with various excellent performances.

2. [Shark swimsuit].

The first generation of shark suits mimicked the shark's **, with some rough tooth-like protrusions on the swimsuit designed to effectively direct the current and tighten the body to avoid ** and muscle fluttering. The second generation of the Shark Suit has added some new highlights, adding a material called "elasticity**" that reduces the resistance of a person in the water by 4%.

3. [Whale streamlined hull].

The shape of the whale is an ideal "streamliner", and the "streamliner" receives the least resistance in the water. Later, engineers imitated the shape of the whale and improved the design of the hull, which greatly increased the speed of the ship.

4. [Fish Submarine].

In 1680, the Italian inventor Borieri observed fish and found that most fish could adjust the specific gravity of their bodies by shrinking or expanding their eyes, so that they could sink or float in the water. Based on how the Fish Glider works, Boleri built a submersible cavity boat. Modern submarines have special water tanks between their shells and inner shells, called ballast water tanks, which are the sinking and floating devices of submarines.

5. [Fly odor detector].

Scientists are currently delving into flies, which do not have noses, but have a more sensitive sense of smell than dogs, can smell all kinds of gases floating in the air, and can even smell food sources and faint smells from up to 40 kilometers away. Based on this, scientists invented odor detectors and, in particular, small gas analyzers.

6. [From fireflies to artificial cold light].

Since this light has no power source and does not generate a magnetic field, it can be illuminated by a biological light source to remove magnetic mines.

7. [Electric Fish and Volt Battery].

After the anatomical study of the electric fish, it was found that there is a peculiar power generation organ in the electric fish. The Italian physicist Volt designed the world's first voltaic battery based on the electric fish power generation organ as a model.

8. [Jellyfish Ears Jellyfish Ear Storm ** Instrument].

Before the storm at sea, the friction between the waves and the air produces an infrasound of 8-13 Hz, which cannot be heard by the human ear, while the special auditory system of the jellyfish can hear this sound. Through research, scientists imitated the hearing system of jellyfish and invented the jellyfish ear storm instrument.

9. [Bat Radar].

Humans invented radar by mimicking the echolocation system of bats. Most bats also have a keen auditory orientation (or echolocation) system that can send ultrasound waves through their throats and then use the ultrasound responses to orient and detect targets.

10. [Eggshell Building].

The eggshell distributes the pressure evenly across all parts of the eggshell. Based on the characteristics of this "thin shell structure", the architect designed many buildings that were both light and economical.

Luban was cut by the grass and invented the curium to make an airplane based on a shark and a radar based on a bat. Humans invented the flying airplane based on the wings of dragonflies, the noisy radar based on the mouth and ears of bats, the steamship based on the shape of whales, and the "electronic frog eye" based on the eyes of frogsSucceeded in the imitation of a very peculiar small gas analyzer by a nasty fly.

It has been installed in the cockpit of a spacecraft to detect the composition of the gases in the cabin. From fireflies to artificial cold light; Electric fish with volt batteries; The downwind ears of jellyfish, modeled on the structure and function of jellyfish ears, designed with a water sock open female ear storm instrument, which can make a forecast of the storm 15 hours in advance.