PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - The Wright brothers just glided in 1903. They flew in 1908.
Old 31st May 2014, 21:31
  #107 (permalink)  
simplex1
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Alaska
Posts: 175
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Regarding the GIF animation from here:
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ml#post8500075

Just look at the angles of one of the right triangles of bars that connect the main wings with the front elevator. The replica and the 1903 original Flyer have different such angles. The replica has isosceles right triangles while the 1903 plane right triangles that have the horizontal chateaus visibly shorter than the vertical one.
simplex1 is offline