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Old 4th Jun 2014, 19:10
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The engine appears to have been designed to run at constant power throughout the whole flight envelope
Might this have been the reason for the Wrights avoiding a "conventional" take off ,where a maximum of power (very much more than that required to sustain flight) is needed to accelerate and get the machine off of the ground in a reasonable distance in still air?
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