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Wright Replica Fails to Fly
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...ub=CTVNewsAt11
.... as expected... despite $1.2 mil invested and painstaking attention to detail. At least the two GW No.21 replicas both flew easily. IMO, the Wrights lucked out last century with a rail, right wind, and warping experience. The 21st century guys trying to fly that flimsy replica can't replicate the Wright's experience (with their own design) nor the right conditions for the flight(s) in 1903. The GW No.21, OTOH, took off under its own power and flew about half a mile- in 1901. The replicas of the GW No.21 flew easily and there is little doubt that a third aircraft with an exact replica of the engine/powered gear mechanism would fly as well... Rob p.s. So much for the Wright's absurd claim that the GW No.21 could NOT fly due to its configuration alone. They were proven wrong TWICE with the replicas that flew in the '80s and '90s. Historically, the early Taube which strongly resembles the GW No.21 also flew easily. |
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