The Brilliant Engineering of FIRST FLIGHT !

When you examine the Wright Flyer, the first successful flight closely you will be amazed by the numerous ingenious technologies these high school dropouts developed 100 years ago. Their design was so complete that even the current modern aircraft use the same principles of flight. Let's explore the amazing engineering behind the Wright Flyer.

[shellsbignumber]

And 66 years after the first flight by the Wright brothers, Man was stepping foot on the moon. That is simply incredible.

[mrunal]

Hats off to those great minds.
imagine how much efforts they put in.
RESPECT

[deepaksankhyan]

No one knows how many times they were failed to achieve this. Hats off to their dedication.

[michaelbailey]

They pretty well invented the modern propellor too. An aeronautical engineering masterpiece all of its own.

[Moock]

Offcentered to balance the weight of the engine and let the center of mass be in the middle :D

[VictoryAviation]

The fact that they came up with coordinated yaw dampers is absolutely awesome, on top of everything else incredible that they did.

[jureklem]

I am writing a comprehensive article in Polish about the achievements of the Wright brothers and this film helped me a lot.

[christianengineer.]

The Wright brothers in school:
Teacher: today we will be designing a paper airplane
Weight brothers: ferb, I think I know what we’re gonna do today

[youtuuba]

Wilbur Wright did not 'drop out' of high school. He completed the curriculum, but due to his family relocating at about the time of his graduation, he never received his diploma. Orville DID drop out after completing 3 years of high school. This would have been noteworthy these days, but back then is was pretty common, and both brothers would have been considered fairly well educated.

[BranchEducation]

Great Job again! I'm continually impressed in your ability to make videos on a wide range of engineering topics! Keep up the great work!

[rocktcatU]

Still looks more comfortable than a Ryanair flight.

[jamiehord]

He would be slightly off center to count his weight with the motor weight so essentially he is balancing the left/right weight of the plane.

[ThroughOurLensPodcast]

"hey I see your engine block is black, what material are you using?"
"Carbon. We're using carbon."

[crimony]

Their true genius was what they invented before they invented the 1903 Flyer. It was the first-ever wind tunnel, where they tested everything else rigorously.

[gregcollins]

Impressive feat of innovation to me was they (including their machinist Charlie Taylor) built their engine design from scratch, with an aluminum block in just a few weeks!

[kyngthecreator]

Wow! The science behind flying is absolutely amazing.

[satviksharma]

Pilot off center to correct center of mass offset due to engine weight.

[muhammadhyderkhan]

It's not the work of a single day.It must have taken a lot time, hard word and mainly interest.❤❤❤

[ywang]

Angular momentum is a important factor in bicycle design. All bicycles in early 20th century have two heavy steel rims, so no doubt Wright brothers know it well. They are educated by angular momentum on every single day.

[carlosa.sanchez]

These guys were beasts! Their plane was the reverse of today's prop planes. Elevator in front of the big wings and props in the back. It also had no rudder, as there was no tail. This plane was not at all easy to control, especially that hip assembly for wing warping. The wing warp idea came about when one of the brothers was fiddling around with an empty bike tire tube box and noticed how it distorted when he twisted it diagonally. Also amazing is that those 2 wooden props were cut by hand using a draw knife, yet achieved 87% efficiency!