outkast Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 to the originators of powered flight? I am a bit of a aviation history buf, I was just thinking about the wright brothers first powered flights from the sands of kittyhawk, their aircraft they flyer used a method of "wing warping" to control it and that got me thinking, the way we control our wings is not to distant from their method, I witnessed a flight of a replica of their aircraft at an airshow once, it flew for about 100 yards in a reletively straight line, I think the whole crowd must have had their buttock cheeks clenched firmly together for fear of farting and sending the thing spiralling out of control, to say the pilot had control would be extremely generous. so do you think there is any other form of aviation that is as near to its roots as we are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Paragliding SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Paragliding SW as paragliding uses the exact same method as we do then of course, I was thinking more along the lines of powered flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Twas a not very funny joke.... SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Twas a not very funny joke....SW I supposed when you think about it, the unpowered forms of flight are probably closer to their roots than the powered, for instance ballooning? gliding? having said that I think hangliding has moved on considerably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 This is a cool video SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Wicked video - that was footage from the first ever lemmings fly in you can tell by they way they dreamed up new ways to bust props. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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