Helicopters took a lot of their early inspiration from one of nature’s most efficient fliers in the dragonfly and host Danni Washington’s going to take one for a spin to see exactly how! She’ll also take a look at how this insect and the wings of owls continue to inspire helicopters and how another one of the helicopter’s early influences, the maple seed, has inspired one of the world’s coolest new unmanned aerial vehicles.

Originally released by Rotfeld Productions, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 06, 2018.

Helicopter Flight (6:12); --Articulated Legs on a Helicopter (4:18); -- Finlet Experiment (5:30); -- Samurai Drone (3:56); -- Final Thoughts on the Whirlybird (1:31); .