Doing DaVinci

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| Valek Sykes

| Bill Duggan

| Flash Hopkins

| Jurgen Heimann

| Alan Bovinett

| Terry Sandin

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Doing DaVinci is a popular science television program originally aired on the Discovery Channel in which the hosts attempted to create many of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions. The show aired on a weekly schedule with the first episode broadcast on April 13, 2009.{{Cite web|title=About Doing DaVinci |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/doing-davinci/about/about.html |access-date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=Discovery Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419091832/http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/doing-davinci/about/about.html |archive-date=April 19, 2009 |df=mdy }}

Team

The inventions are created by a team of six members:

Valek Sykes, a special effects expert and mechanical designer, actor, owner of Tech Works Studios and Exit Biohazard and Crime Scene Cleanup
Bill Duggan, a carpenter and the host of Curb Appeal
Flash Hopkins, an artist, builder, and long time Burning Man personality
Jurgen Heimann, a designer and puppeteer
Alan Bovinett, an entrepreneur and mechanical engineer.{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Lafayette|title=Discovery Is 'Doing da Vinci'|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/discovery_is_doing_da_vinci.php|publisher=TVWeek|date=March 25, 2009|access-date=May 19, 2009}}
Terry Sandin, a mechanical and animatronics engineer and a host of Prototype This!

The team consults with da Vinci researcher Jonathan Pevsner to understand the inventions and decide on materials for their construction.

Construction

The team first consults with Jonathan Pevsner to decide on materials and map out the basics of the design. The invention is then reconstructed in Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk's Digital Prototyping solutions.{{Cite web|title=Autodesk Inventor in Discovery Channel Series "Doing DaVinci"|url=http://www.vizworld.com/2009/04/autodesk-inventor_in-discovery-channel-series-doing-davinci/|access-date=May 19, 2009|date=April 26, 2009|publisher=Vizworld}} Then the team heads to a workshop to begin construction. After the invention is completed it is tested to determine whether or not the build was a success.

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Armored Tank

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|04|13}}

| ShortSummary = The team creates an armored gear-propelled tank operated by an eight-man team and capable of firing in a full 360° range.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Siege Ladder

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|04|20}}

| ShortSummary = The crew attempts to build the renaissance master's most massive design: a towering three-story siege ladder. But as creative differences arise, tension threatens to pull the team apart.

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Scythe Chariot

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|04|27}}

| ShortSummary = The danger level hits a new high when the team devotes their talent to recreating Leonardo's deadly bladed chariot. But instead of horsepower, the team updates Da Vinci's 15th century design with robot power.

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Machine Gun

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|05|04}}

| ShortSummary = The team creates a multi-barrel cannon capable of firing eleven shots at once.

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Self Propelled Carts

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|05|11}}

| ShortSummary = The hosts split into two teams and compete to build the fastest self propelled cart.

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Catapult

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2009|05|18}}

| ShortSummary = The crew tries to re-create a giant catapult but discovers building the bow that powers the device is more complicated than expected.

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Air Screw

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2010|08|16}}[http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/doing-da-vinci/?sb=2&si=1&sd=1 Doing DaVinci episode list], MSN TV website

| ShortSummary = The team attempts to build the Air Screw, DaVinci's dream helicopter like device.

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Crossbow Machine

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2010|08|23}}

| ShortSummary = The team builds Leonardo's Crossbow Machine, a massive structure designed to automatically load four large crossbows.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Double Shot Catapult

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2010|09|22}} (South East Asia)