The archive is more than just a collection of documents, sketches, patents and photographs and there are lots of different ways to discover more about Lanchester’s genius.
Dive into the interactive Timeline, or play a series of Games that bring his inventions to life, before downloading the AR and VR apps to experience the archive in a totally immersive way. Finally, you can explore the complete A-Z of Lanchester’s life and work.
Step back in time to find out more about the most significant developments that shaped Fred’s extraordinary lifetime. Choose to highlight family events like his early years and marriage, or focus on his business and inventions, including his first patent in 1888. Finally, you can access some of the huge range of publications that Fred authored.
Explore
Build your own car in Fred’s workshop and test out different engines, suspension and components to complete the challenges – from armoured cars to Brooklands racers!
Auto Engineer
Select the best wings, propellers airframe and components for your plane and then pilot it through the rings to reach the finish – see Fred’s innovations come to life in his workshop
Flight
Welcome to the drawing board. Try and figure how different wing types change a plane’s flight path – Fred's gliders took to the air in 1894 and you can fly them too
Aerodone
Use different gears and ratios to get the right amount of power to all the components in the gear box – starts off simple, but can you get that worm gear working?
Gears
Our games are available for free on both Android and iOS devices or you can play right here in your browser.
Take up Lanchester’s challenges and have fun at the same time with our serious games. Explore Fred’s ingenious suspension, wheels and more in the automotive engineering challenge. Jump into his futuristic flying machines designed over 100 years ago and fly around his workshop. Test Fred’s theories from the earliest days of aeronautics in the aerodone game and finally dive into the fiendish gears games to power his mad machines.
Search Google Play or the App Store for “Lanchester’s Interactive Games”, or click on the app download links below.
Let Lanchester’s inventions and achievements spring to life with our augmented reality. Download the free app and the AR triggers to view how the collection comes alive.
There are 12 unique AR targets for you to try. AR works by showing your device’s camera to a specific picture and then the virtual content comes to life with animations, video and fantastic facts!
Take your experience to another level with the Oculus Go VR headset and the Lanchester VR app.
Download the app and enter Fred’s workshop to play games, experience the sights and sounds of his inventions coming to live and have a guided tour of his amazing inovations.
Head to the Oculus store to download the free app now:
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