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Old 30th May 2014, 15:39
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1) Picture - The alleged Flyer I 1903:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/Infor...Flyer_Side.jpg

2) Video - A replica of Flyer I 1903 (Wright Flyer 1st Full Taxi test at Flabob Airport, Published on Sep 21, 2012, Pilot at the Controls Fred Culick):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZqIpay-8
(see min 1:44)

It is quite evident from (1) and (2) that the so called replica has the front elevator placed at a visible greater distance from the wings than in the case of the original. The bars linking the main wings and the front elevator are arranged in such a way that the replica seems similar to the 1903 Flyer. In reality the reproduction has the elevator as distant from the wings as in the case of latter planes which flew starting with Aug. 1908. They altered the pitch stability. They are not building a Flyer I but a kitsch.
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