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Re: Forum gossip thread by formosan
Started by Bricktop, January 14, 2019, 09:37:34 PM
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Quote from: "Bricktop"
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Yes...but hindsight suggests that gravity, rather than the actual engine, gave the wings lift so it could travel for about 20 seconds before hitting the ground. Experts now believe the aircraft was never under power whilst in the air.Quote from: "Bricktop"
"Modern analysis by Professor Fred E. C. Culick and Henry R. Jex (in 1985) has demonstrated that the 1903 Wright Flyer was so unstable as to be almost unmanageable by anyone but the Wrights, who had trained themselves in the 1902 glider.[83] In a recreation attempt on the event's 100th anniversary on December 17, 2003, Kevin Kochersberger, piloting an exact replica, failed in his effort to match the success that the Wright brothers had achieved with their piloting skill.[84]"Quote from: "Bricktop"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers"> //https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
2 years later...
"At Huffman Prairie, lighter winds made takeoffs harder, and they had to use a longer starting rail than the 60-foot (18 m) rail used at Kitty Hawk. The first flights in 1904 revealed problems with longitudinal stability, solved by adding ballast and lengthening the supports for the elevator.[87] During the spring and summer they suffered many hard landings, often damaging the aircraft and causing minor injuries."
As always, American boasts must be taken with a grain of salt.
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