"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
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"Ashton Archer III" wrote in message
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Is it also true that the reason it won't fly is that modern flyers
can't mimic the Wright brothers art of handling wing warp as good or
that the conditions for modern flight HAVE to be better than in 1903?

The Wright's designs were by modern standards quite
unstable and had inconvenient controls. The brothers
were probably used to these characteristics, from years
of flying in gliders of their own design. The replica has
flown on several occasions before this, but must require
great alertness to fly it.

In fact the reconstruction attempt may be surprisingly
accurate. On 16 December 1903 the first flying attempt
failed under very similar circumstances -- the aircraft,
with Wilbur on the controls, stalled because the angle
of incidence became too high, and was slightly
damaged in a hard landing. It was repaired to fly on
the next day.

Hmm, I thought when I saw the head on camera shot it
looked like he over rotated. I didn't get that impression
from the side angle.