Wright Flyer.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

--On Saturday, December 20, 2003 1:38 AM -0600 Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:

> The Wright Flier was unstable in pitch, according to the pundits, and it was also
> unstable laterally. This would have made it difficult for them to solve the CG
> problem with models. Did they try?

Except for the 1899 kite, not before 1903.  I don't know whether they used
models afterward.  Langley was the great model builder.  He was the first
to achieve powered flight, other than rubber-band models.

> What were the Wrights doing in 1909?

New versions of the canard design, I think.  They were
just on the verge of making some sales to France and to
the U.S.

							Marty #2874
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