Kelley Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Put up a new posting on the new Blog. Just a simple right-to-left fly-by to see how an all-white airplae films against a background. http://kelleythennow.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeetman Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 It looks good but why is the animation on your blog backwards? George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelley Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 It looks good but why is the animation on your blog backwards? Actually, it's not backwards. Santos-Dumont's No.14 was a 'canard' arrangement. [cannard=duck] The boxkite structure on the 'front' can be waggled sideways and up/down. That's essentially the whole of the steering mechanism. The pilot stands in the rear in a large basket and navigates by cranking two wheel-and-cable pulleys to steer the nose up, down or sideways. Behind him is the two-cylinder engine with pusher prop. It flew, but just barely. First 'flight' was 23 ft. In suceeding months he was flying 700+ feet, but he never really solved the steering to allow for controlled turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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