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This is the glider wing support frames. This to hold the wings one above the other while the struts and guide wires and control lines and other hardware are attached to the wing. The supports are different heights (taller in the center and shorter at the ends to form the anhedral effect of the wings. Anhedral is the downward droop of the wings and done by the Wrights to counteract the crosswinds at Kitty Hawk. The lower crossbar support is for the lower wing while the upper bar is for the top wing. They will be temporary attached to the wings to make one wing and will be removed when the wing is finished in about 3 months. I will attached the wings later tonight. The height difference between supports is 1.50 inches.

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Here is the wings mounted to the support stand, I have to align the wings.
Play time is over now comes the real work.

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I said to Orv and Wil many times this sucker will fly
Tom Taylor

so after this thing is all built - how the blazes are you going to get it out of your shop?

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Tim Eastman
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Tear the house down I have plenty of room just carry it out the garage. Only weighs 45 lbs

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I said to Orv and Wil many times this sucker will fly
Tom Taylor

I spent a good 20 minutes looking at a life-size replica of the wright flier at the Pima air and space museum... I have to say that I applaud you for taking on such a beautiful, simple, complicated, artistic, project

http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=272

I look forward to more pictures of your progress

Lawrence

Lawrence, Thank You

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I said to Orv and Wil many times this sucker will fly
Tom Taylor

This is fun to watch, I can appreciate all the work you've done, and the effort to come. Have you figured out all the details, or do you work through them as they arise? I tend to do the latter, but your plane is much more complicated than anything I've built.

Good luck as you continue the project.

Looking great Pilot! Even scaled down, that's big.

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Frank
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