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This is quite my own considerations, Longer Ron. I only found opportunity to share them here!
How about the Smitsonian(?) Flyer replica: Have it been brought seriously into air from level ground?
How about the Smitsonian(?) Flyer replica: Have it been brought seriously into air from level ground?
This is quite my own considerations, Longer Ron. I only found opportunity to share them here!
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ew-1908-a.html
as has probably been said on similar forums and threads of late
the Wrights' archive is huge. This fact should not warrant
repeating, except that persons who put themselves forward as
authorities on the subject of the origins of powered, controlled
flight should understand, at the very least, the need to refrain
from launching into print, in a critical fashion, unless their
knowledge of the bulk of credible sources is equal or superior
to that of qualified researchers and writers who have dedicated
the better part of their lives to the detailed study of their subject.
the Wrights' archive is huge. This fact should not warrant
repeating, except that persons who put themselves forward as
authorities on the subject of the origins of powered, controlled
flight should understand, at the very least, the need to refrain
from launching into print, in a critical fashion, unless their
knowledge of the bulk of credible sources is equal or superior
to that of qualified researchers and writers who have dedicated
the better part of their lives to the detailed study of their subject.
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The Wrights' claim of primacy (if I may use the word in this context) was 1) self-powered with no external launch assistance (although a rail kept the takeoff straight); 2) Controllable in three axes; 3) landing undamaged on ground no lower than the point of takeoff.
This was enabled by the strong steady wind on the Outer Banks, meaning they didn't have to accelerate to a high ground speed to achieve flight.
The catapult launch device was not used until the following years when they had moved flight operations to Huffman Prairie, near their home in Dayton. Winds were less help there, and the catapult filled that void.
This was enabled by the strong steady wind on the Outer Banks, meaning they didn't have to accelerate to a high ground speed to achieve flight.
The catapult launch device was not used until the following years when they had moved flight operations to Huffman Prairie, near their home in Dayton. Winds were less help there, and the catapult filled that void.
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One can thus see by the very nature of the claims that the Wrights understood the basic challenges of powered flight (control and performance), and had successfully overcome them.
To me, this alone sets the Wrights far ahead of their contemporaries.
To me, this alone sets the Wrights far ahead of their contemporaries.
