Wright Flyer.

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/18/2003 10:00:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Eric.Henderson at gartner.com writes:


> Subj:Wright Flyer. 
> Date:12/18/2003 10:00:06 AM Eastern Standard Time
> From:Eric.Henderson at gartner.com
> Reply-to:discussion at nsrca.org
> To:discussion at nsrca.org
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>  I have been avidly following the progress of the Wright Flyer replica. It's 
> driving me nuts watching them try to fly it. (Is there an aeronautical 
> engineer on the project? - looks a lot like pilots and carpenters)
>  
>  
> From where I sit, admittedly in my arm chair, the thing looks, acts and 
> flies very TAIL HEAVY! 
>  
> The engines are behind the CG on the wings. There's almost nothing up front 
> to bring the CG to a decent stable point. Am I off base here?
>  
> Also I have meddled with models of the plane a little. Wing warping that 
> goes only goes down induces worse wash-in at the slowest of speeds and is pretty 
> nasty in the model. Instead of lifting the wing it drags it back making the 
> plane turn adversely to the intended input. I know that they were trying to 
> fly an exact replica so they went with everything as true to history as 
> possible, but it is frustrating watching it struggle.
>  
> Any thoughts,
>  
> Regards,
> 
> Eric.
>  
> 

ALL THE MORE REASON TO MARVEL AT THE ORIGINAL ACCOMPLISHMENT

mattk
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