Looking at this plane makes me want to build something similar myself, but with NACA profiles so it doesn't stall that easily. Looks so simple, even more when a small bike engine is lighter and more powerful than what they had available. Truly puts into perspective how far we have progressed.
@@martijn9568 Not really, one design flaw of these early birds is their extra thin airfoil. It offers low drag at zero angle of attack, but as soon as it increases slightly the wing stalls dramatically and it just wants to fall from the sky. That's why STOL aircraft feature comically thick wings. Very thin wings are common only in designs intended to fly above Mach 1.
Good news is you'll get quite used to flying on a knife edge of a stall and learn how to control it. Bad news is that it's pretty much the whole flight, but its a good challenge overall. Nice review!
@@090giver090 Better yet, lay on your belly on your floor and then play the game. Just alone keeping your head up looking forwards takes quite some energy
@@martijn9568 Yep. Wright flyer would be the easiest full replica cockpit project to complete. You may even ask someone to kick you in a head and ribs whenever you crash 😁
![[4k, 50fps, colorized] (1908) First Airplane Flight filmed: The Wright Military Flyer](/img/1.gif)
Looking at this plane makes me want to build something similar myself, but with NACA profiles so it doesn't stall that easily. Looks so simple, even more when a small bike engine is lighter and more powerful than what they had available.
Truly puts into perspective how far we have progressed.
I imagine that their wing profile was probably quite good to be honest if the quality of the Flyer's propellers is anything to go by.
@@martijn9568 Not really, one design flaw of these early birds is their extra thin airfoil. It offers low drag at zero angle of attack, but as soon as it increases slightly the wing stalls dramatically and it just wants to fall from the sky. That's why STOL aircraft feature comically thick wings. Very thin wings are common only in designs intended to fly above Mach 1.
I never thought I’d learn how to fly the Wright Flyer. Thanks!
Good news is you'll get quite used to flying on a knife edge of a stall and learn how to control it. Bad news is that it's pretty much the whole flight, but its a good challenge overall. Nice review!
I would love to see some later Wright biplanes: Flyer III, Model B, Military Flyer, etc. Those were the planes of the first flying schools.
"It's so old fashioned"? Dude, it's LITERALLY the first powered plane.
I brought this plane to Lukla airport, it stayed about 15 minutes in the air before falling!
Twisting the wings in lieu of ailerons is known as 'wing warping'...used on many early aircraft.
Yep. And I wish we had force-feedback sticks as this style of controls is physically demanding.
@@090giver090 Better yet, lay on your belly on your floor and then play the game. Just alone keeping your head up looking forwards takes quite some energy
@@martijn9568 Yep. Wright flyer would be the easiest full replica cockpit project to complete. You may even ask someone to kick you in a head and ribs whenever you crash 😁
Look how far we have come in just a "few" years. GREAT flights! !! !!!
Nice novelty aircraft.
that was super cool! was an incredibly low performance airplane haha
This thing runs out of fuel in like 5 minutes
accurate! fuel is heavy and the 1903 flyer was made as light as possible in order to work at all with the modest 14 or so horsepower
I'm curious to see how this compares to the FSX "Century of Flight" version. Best to do it from Kitty Hawk, though. :)
FSX or FS9 ???
Looks really fun! I’ll try it in flight gear as I don’t have MFS yet.
KSNC don’t look ‘death trappie’ is it down to the runway being narrow and shielded by the hangers?
Very cool video. How do I open the file when I have saved a flight to my PC? Does it have to be opened in MSFS? If so where? Thx
KSNC? I hate the trees in this area.