Ron,

Ken Hyde's Wright Experience
I do know for a fact is extremely accurate. I've talked to the prop guy and
Steve Hay (the engine builder) at length.


I talked to both and Ken a lot, too. Other replicas have stronger engines,
different wing profiles and such stuff. Also, there's the wing spar debate...

I saw people at Ken's place tie and untie wire knots again and again until the
knot would look exactly like the one on the 1903 photographs. Very different
knot from the one on the Smithsonian "original", since Orville restored that
one in 1916 presumably tying knots that were used at that time, not 1903.

THAT's the level of accuracy they're going for. A totally amazing group!

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)