Aircraft in Miniature Limited Historic Wings Wright Flyer 1 1903 Assembly Instructions Manual Download Page 4

Fret 2

Wright Flier 1 - Part No. HW03-006/01 - ©Aircraft In Miniature Ltd 2003

R3

P1

F4

E5

E4
S3

C2

C3

E6

R2 - 6 off

R1

C4

C5

C4

E3

5 off

S3

P2 

E5

P3

W6

F6 - x2

W7

F5

F7

P4 - x2

P5

E1

C2 . . . . Foot cradle body

E3 . . . . Elevator strut (x5) 

F7 . . . . Fuselage spar - long

C3 . . . . Foot cradle top & sides

E4 . . . . Elevator pivot - drive  

P1 . . . . Propeller mounting (x2)

C4 . . . . Body cradle side (x2)

E5 . . . . Elevator pivot (x2)

P2 . . . . Chain drive - short (x2)

C5 . . . . Body cradle base

E6 . . . . Elevator drive gear

P3 . . . . Brace - short

E1 . . . . Elevator (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 support
W7 . . . . Rib - engine support

 

    

1

Assemble the Top Wing (Refer to Figure 1)

 

A

Turn the ribs through 90 degrees.

(1)

CAUTION  -  MAKE  SURE THAT THE  ORIENTATION  OF THE WING  IS  CORRECT 

BEFORE YOU TWIST THE RIBS.

Clamp the leading edge of the wing (W1)  so that you can only see the ribs.

(2) Twist each rib through 90 degrees. 

Assembly

W1

W2

W3

W4

S3

(4 places)

DETAIL C

(2 places)

DETAIL C

(4 places)

DETAIL B

(4 places)

C

A

C

Figure 1

W1

W1

W4

S3

S3

Solder or

adhesive

Solder or

adhesive

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

Summary of Contents for Historic Wings Wright Flyer 1 1903

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...

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