Where it all began!
 

While debating on what to do during these cold days of this most over exaggerated of seasons (and since I no longer have any exams or coursework to keep me busy whoo) I decided to make the Wright Flyer... where it all began.

Its made from a balsa wood Guillows kit but I do plan on making some modification to give it moveable surfaces etc...

So here it is day 1 of the build.

http://s5.postimage.org/dp87o4vxz/IMG_0093.jpg
The lower wing almost complete.

http://s5.postimage.org/fwcgc2187/IMG_0094.jpg
Upper wing almost there as well.

So far its been quite fun, never made one of these before (okay okay, I did have a pop at a guillows Fw190 a few years back but I was too impatient and ended up forgetting about it until the fuselage turned up in pieces) and its been quite a few years since I made a model.

P.S. Before any of you get the notion of going into an argument over "who really was the first to make heavier than air flight" please do it in your own thread, you know who you are you thread hijacking colossal ?$&£%! ;) :-P

Impressed with that!

Nice. Good luck with that mate

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8058/00626v.jpg

The most important photograph of the 20th. Century IMHO.

I wish I had a link to share right now, but I don't... Anyway, a few years back I did some research into exactly how the Flyer's engine was built. Amazing stuff. It was mostly iron, not steel. The only real metal working tool used was a drill press. They decided on a four cylinder engine because that would mean a flat crankshaft, so the crankshaft could be chain-drilled out a single sheet of iron.

well done man! Keep up the good work and keep us updated! Nothing better than some healthy glue sniffing in this time of the year :mrgreen: ;)

lol, yeah its given me a headace.. I am going to for a cigarette, if I don't post an update tomorrow its because the spark from the lighter caused the fumes to catch fire :( :-P

Did it say what mechanism they used to cont-rotate the second prop as I am still looking for some data on it?

The left chain (when viewed from the rear) gets flipped halfway around.

See how the tubes that the chain goes through cross:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/Adven...es/Cockpit.JPG

Impressive! Keep us updated as your progress.