On Jan 26, 11:40*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"BobR" wrote

When you get right down to it....the aviation industry has been open
source since it began. *All the advancements in aviation design have
been largely improvements on prior designs. *Hell, even Rutans designs
are throwbacks to the Wright Brothers.

That's putting it a bit too simplistic, don't you think?

Wright brothers didn't use a stiff outer skin of cloth and resin to carry
the loads, did they? *How about a feathering tail on a spaceship?

If you want to put it that way, Leonardo Da Vinci was copied by the Wright
Brothers.
--
Jim in NC

A bit simplistic maybe but not inaccurate. The canard design is not
that far removed from the Wright Brothers tail first design. Aviation
once proven possible has been largely evolutionary throughout its
development with the major breakthroughs being made in the early
years. Technology has allowed us to refine the designs but the basics
have not changed. The feathering tail on a spaceship is interesting
but hardly revolutionary.