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Activity 5—Questions on the 1900 GliderYour report to the Cincinnati Scientific Society stimulates a lot of discussion. The members have many questionsas they try to understand the Wrights’ experiments. How do you think you would answer this sampling oftheir questions?1. Why did the Wrights use a two-wing (biplane) arrangement?2. What was the purpose of having the wings be curved or arched?3. Why did the pilot of the Wright Glider lie down on the wing instead of hanging from the glider, as in Lilienthaland Chanute’s gliders?4. Why do you think twisting the wings caused the glider to drift left or right? How much did the wingstwist? If they stayed twisted, do you think the glider would fly in circles or crash? Why?Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers’ Adventure EG–2002–12–007–GRC15
Activity 6—What Would You Design?Orville told you that he and Wilbur are determined to create a flyable machine, and that to do this they are goingto have to get more lift out of their craft so it can support a pilot. When you report this to the CincinnatiScientific Society, the members start to debate about what they think is the best way to accomplish this. It isdecided to have a contest to see who can produce the best design to improve upon the Wright Glider.1. If you were to enter this contest, what specific changes would you make to give the 1900 Glider more lift?2. How do you think each change would improve the original design?3. This is a drawing of the 1900 Glider. It had a wingspan of 17 feet and a wing area of 165 square feet. Onanother sheet of paper, draw a sketch of your proposed glider, showing a top view and a front view. Be sureto put dimensions on your sketch. How long, wide, and high will your glider be?5 feet17 feet4 feetWing area:165 square feetLearning to Fly: The Wright Brothers’ Adventure16EG–2002–12–007–GRC
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Kite: A tethered glider that is lif
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Math challenge1. Your car can easil
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Background informationOrville and W
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