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1899 Kite --
This was built by Wilbur to test the effectiveness of "wing warping"
at a method of control roll. |
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1900 Glider
-- This was the first aircraft built by the Wright brothers and flown at Kitty Hawk. |
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1901 Glider
-- This was the Wrights' second aircraft, and one of the most frustrating to fly. It was this aircraft
that led them to do basic research in aerodynamics, testing different wing shapes in a
homemade wind tunnel. |
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1902 Glider
-- It was the Wright's third aircraft, and the first fully controllable flying machine with wing
warping to control roll, a forward elevator for pitch, and a
trailing rudder for yaw. This allowed the Wrights, for the first time, to
navigate the air in all three dimensions. |
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1911
Experimental Glider -- The Wrights built a glider along the
lines of a Model EX ostensibly to provide a test platform for an automatic
stabilizer. In 1911, they returned to Kitty Hawk to fly it. |
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For yet another Wright glider see the
1909 Wright Glider in
Aviation's Attic. It wasn't built by the Wright brothers, but it was
based on their designs. |
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