Where it all began!

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by White Owl

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.

I've seen an original engine of the Wright's brother, the no. 2 I believe, in the Italian museum of Vigna di Valle. An Italian customer bought in 1909 a Wright's plane built in France, the number 4. With it, Orville Wright did the first Italian flight close to Rome, in front of an enormous crowd who went crazy, and trained the first Italian pilot, Mario Calderara, who got the pilot's license no. 1.

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/mus...tN%c2%b04.aspx

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[Sternjaeger II]

I believe that one is a replica, but the original in front of it is genuine and still running.

The Spad a few steps to the right is the one I worked on years ago

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

I believe that one is a replica, but the original in front of it is genuine and still running.

The Spad a few steps to the right is the one I worked on years ago

Nice one Stern! "The oldest Spad remaining in the world, Sep 1916. It belonged to the Italian ace Principe Ruffo di Calabria (father of the Belgian queen, iirc), 20 kills."
Ruffo di Calabria was a close friend of the greatest Italian WWI ace, Francesco Baracca, to whom Ferrari owes its symbol of the "cheval cabré", donated by the mother of Baracca to Enzo Ferrari ... a little bit of Italian history ...

Stern tell us more of the Spad restoration ...

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by BMCha

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

Yup. With a chain of that length crossing it in a figure of 8 pattern would be easy.

[JG52Krupi]

LOL I was expecting some sort of complex mechanism , thanks for that BMCha.

[JG52Krupi]

Okay quick update.. I have been busy with other stuff and I have only being cleaning up what i already have done and added the string trailing edge which was a complete ????? to do.

Tomorrow I plan on getting the tissue/skin on the lower wing.

[ATAG_Bliss]

That's awesome Krupi!

Keep us updated with pics of your progress..

[JG52Krupi]

Update 2.

I have started to tissue the lower skin.


This process is very slow, I don't want to mess it up.

While that dries I have begun the tiresome process of fitting the string trailing edge to the upper wing.


I have been trying to put a slight crescent shape in each rib bay rather than have the trailing edge taught, this has slowed the process down some what.

Once I have the wings done it will be time to figure out how I will go about making the surfaces moveable. I currently have an idea for the rudder and wing warp (they moved together) but I can see the elevator being a problem .

[JG52Uther]

You should post this at the RoF forum as well Krupi!

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

You should post this at the RoF forum as well Krupi!

Good idea, will do