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Title: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: PeterNSteinmetz on October 23, 2021, 04:32:36 PM
Ohio plates have the banner attached at the wrong end of the Wright Flyer.

https://apnews.com/article/7529e8a5796c88b6b9a0dca290c4aa2b
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Little Joe on October 23, 2021, 04:41:37 PM
I thought banner pushing was a thing!
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Rush on October 23, 2021, 06:21:19 PM
LOL!
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: President in Exile YOLT on October 23, 2021, 06:23:45 PM
Can't wait until someone mods the banner to read "Fuck Joe Biden"
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Anthony on October 24, 2021, 02:57:48 AM
Wait.  What holds the thing up....in the sky?
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Rush on October 24, 2021, 03:33:21 AM
Quote from: Anthony on October 24, 2021, 02:57:48 AM
Wait.  What holds the thing up....in the sky?

Bernoulli, duh.  ;D
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: President in Exile YOLT on October 24, 2021, 07:57:05 AM
Quote from: Rush on October 24, 2021, 03:33:21 AM
Bernoulli, duh.  ;D
I beg to differ.
-I. Newton
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on October 24, 2021, 08:22:26 AM
dinero.   it only takes lots and lots of dinero
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: nddons on October 24, 2021, 08:34:35 AM
Nice quality control, Ohio. Dipshits.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Rush on October 24, 2021, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: President in Exile YOLT on October 24, 2021, 07:57:05 AM
I beg to differ.
-I. Newton

Okay, I. “Barn Door” Newton.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Steingar on October 25, 2021, 06:02:29 AM
Not our proudest moment.  Thankfully no other state has to worry about such a thing, since airplanes were invented in Ohio and all.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Rush on October 25, 2021, 06:06:53 AM
Quote from: Steingar on October 25, 2021, 06:02:29 AM
Not our proudest moment.  Thankfully no other state has to worry about such a thing, since airplanes were invented in Ohio and all.

Not by this generation though.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Anthony on October 25, 2021, 11:15:06 AM
Quote from: Rush on October 24, 2021, 03:33:21 AM
Bernoulli, duh.  ;D

Ahhhh, no.  MONEY.     ;D
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: bflynn on October 27, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Quote from: Steingar on October 25, 2021, 06:02:29 AM
Thankfully no other state has to worry about such a thing, since airplanes were invented in Ohio and all.

Yes, but they couldn’t be flown there.  They’re had to come to NC to actually fly them.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Anthony on October 27, 2021, 05:26:56 AM
Quote from: Steingar on October 25, 2021, 06:02:29 AM
Not our proudest moment.  Thankfully no other state has to worry about such a thing, since airplanes were invented in Ohio and all.

Ohio sucks.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: Mr Pou on October 27, 2021, 05:29:28 AM
Quote from: Anthony on October 27, 2021, 05:26:56 AM
Ohio sucks.

The only thing good about Ohio are the Put in Bay island area.
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: PeterNSteinmetz on October 27, 2021, 11:42:42 AM
Quote from: bflynn on October 27, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Yes, but they couldn’t be flown there.  They’re had to come to NC to actually fly them.

You mean that initial set of little hops off the rail? To really fly them they went back to Huffman Prairie just outside Dayton  ;)
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: TimRB on October 27, 2021, 01:02:16 PM
Quote from: PeterNSteinmetz on October 27, 2021, 11:42:42 AM
You mean that initial set of little hops off the rail? To really fly them they went back to Huffman Prairie just outside Dayton

I seem to recall reading that the reason they went to NC was they needed a windy spot where they could fly gliders and, most especially, fly the gliders tethered like kites.  They wanted to learn the basics of flying an airplane before they started their powered flights.  I don't think the tethered-glider idea actually worked out in practice.

Tim
Title: Re: Different airplane design back in 1903
Post by: PeterNSteinmetz on October 27, 2021, 03:37:15 PM
Quote from: TimRB on October 27, 2021, 01:02:16 PM
I seem to recall reading that the reason they went to NC was they needed a windy spot where they could fly gliders and, most especially, fly the gliders tethered like kites.  They wanted to learn the basics of flying an airplane before they started their powered flights.  I don't think the tethered-glider idea actually worked out in practice.

Spot on. This was one of the significant insights of the Wright Brothers -- as I always point out to people wanting to learn how to fly. Learn to fly gliders first! It gives an excellent sense of how a set of wings and controls handles in the air.

I really like the book "The Bishop's Boys" in terms of its giving a feel for what their thinking and experience must have been like.