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From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 5:19:09 PM
Subject: KR> weight and balance article
At 04:44 PM 10/18/2013, you wrote:
>Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they wo
At 04:44 PM 10/18/2013, you wrote:
>Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they would use them as an
>example for cg.
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Maybe they referenced them because they were the FIRST to have a CG
problem with an airplane. :-)
Larry Flesner
Ok...I'll agree with that...just seems odd that they would use them as an
example for cg. I ran across one article that said if the flyer had been
stable the control surfaces were insufficient to actually control the
plane...they actually used the instability to their advantage...of course
nobody
At 08:23 AM 10/18/2013, you wrote:
>Google wright flyer unstable and you'll find it. They did it on purpose.
>When asked their coined response was something like the pilot should fly
>the airplane.
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My only real point was that whatever the
Google wright flyer unstable and you'll find it. They did it on purpose.
When asked their coined response was something like the pilot should fly
the airplane. My gut feel is they knew they simply didn't have the power
to spare. They were brilliant. There are some of their later planes at
the a
At 05:33 AM 10/18/2013, you wrote:
>The article lost some credibility when it referred to the wright
>brotherssince they intentionally made the wright flyer unstable.
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Where did you learn the Wright's made their Flyer unstable? It
wasn't
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