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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to me that the "Consent to Fly Review"
should have told them to wait for the right conditions that would allow
succes. But they probably would never get the same conditions because I
believe the area has many more objects causing turbulence compared to
1903. A tough problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rcsteve@tcrcm.org href="mailto:rcsteve@tcrcm.org">RC Steve
Sterling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Wright Flyer.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=658330304-19122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Weather didn't cooperate. In 1903, the Wrights had a 29 mph
headwind. In 2003, it was drizzling with little wind that was a tail wind.
Makes a real difference!!! No pilot could have flown the original or the
replica successfully in those conditions. No fault of the engineers or
the pilots-- just fate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>JOddino<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:25
PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wright
Flyer.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't believe they wouldn't have a good
simulation and therefore know it was going to fly before they spent all the
time and effort building it. Perhaps there is so little margin that if
the wind isn't within a very tight tolerance it won't fly. But they
should have known that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to me if it had the proper airspeed
and angle of attack it would lift off. I'd love to see a failure
analysis performed like we used to do if a missile failed. Each
engineer had to prove his component or subsytem was not the cause.
Guilty until proven innocent.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now if you really want to stir things up, what
if the conclusion is the original didn't fly? I wouldn't be
surprised if the French are working on proving that right
now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV>
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