Historic Wings
History, Notes and
Assembly Instructions
1:72 Metal Kit of the
© Copyright unknown
1903
Wright Flyer 1
Page 1: ...Historic Wings History Notes and Assembly Instructions 1 72 Metal Kit of the Copyright unknown 1903 Wright Flyer 1...
Page 2: ...wind tunnel experiments was a dramatic success Lift problems had been solved and with a few refinements to the control system the key one being a movable vertical tail they were able to make numerous...
Page 3: ...ding or trailing edge in a vice or clamp and then hold each rib in turn with a pair of fine flat nosed pliers and twist that rib through 90 degrees When all the ribshavebeenturned clampthetrailingedge...
Page 4: ...r x2 F4 Rudder support P4 Chain drive short x2 F5 Fuselage spar P5 Brace long F6 Fuselage spar x2 R1 Rudder structure R2 Rudder strut x6 R3 Rudder mounting S3 Interplane strut ribs x4 W6 Rib pilot sup...
Page 5: ...1 Clamptheleadingedgeofoneelevator E1 so thatyoucanonlyseetheribs 2 Twisteachribthrough90 degrees adjacenttotheclamp 3 Remove the leading edge from the clamp and then clamp the trailing edge so that...
Page 6: ...the structure over and do steps 7Athru 7 C to apply tissue paper to the secondsideof thestructure E Use averysharp knifetotrimthepapertotheedgeof thestructure seeDetailAofFigure6 F Do steps7A thru7E t...
Page 7: ...rut away until it is possible to slide the elevator onto the vertical struts of the fuselage 1 3 Slide the lower elevator over the vertical struts of the fuselage frames and attach these vertical stru...
Page 8: ...fuselageframes F Attachthetwo fuselagebraces F3 tothefuselageframes andtotheinboardinterplanestruts 10 Paintthedetailsas shown on thedrawinginthecentrepageoftheseinstructions 11 Paint the two figures...
