“LA HAZAÑA TECNOLÓGICA DE LOS HERMANOS WRIGHT” INTRODUCCIÓN A LA INGENIERÍA Ing. Carlos E. Umaña Nov.2010

WILBUR Y ORVILLE WRIGHT

DICIEMBRE , 10:35 AM

ALGUNOS PERFILES DE ALA DESARROLLADOS A LO LARGO DEL SIGLO XX

DISTRIBUCIÓN DE PRESIONES EN FUNCIÓN DE LA VELOCIDAD RELATIVA. VELOCIDAD RELATIVA CERO VELOCIDAD RELATIVA ≠ CERO

ÁNGULO DE ATAQUE

CURVAS CARACTERÍSTICAS DE UN PERFIL

COMETA CONTROLADO 1901

Túnel de viento

Historic photo of the Wright brothers' third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, Wilbur Wright is at the controls, Orville Wright is at left, and Dan Tate (a local resident and friend of the Wright brothers) is at right.

Orville Wright haciendo un giro a la derecha

The 1902 test gliders were extremely important to the development of the first powered airplane. The new glider design was based on the wind tunnel tests performed by the Wrights in The improvements to the glider included a new rudder that helped provide three-dimensional control of the aircraft.

12 HP, 70 kg. Sin carburador, bujías, bomba de combustible ni radiador.

Charles Taylor, el mecánico de los Wright, lo construyó en seis semanas. Por primera vez se utilizó fundición de aluminio. Construyeron alrededor de 200 motores para sus aviones.

Detalle de una foto de 1904, mostrando la forma original de las hélices de los Wright (Biblioteca del Congreso)

Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. It was made in 1904.

Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

The photo Left front view of flight 46, Orville shown turning to the left, in the last photographed flight of 1905; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio.

Rear view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio.

Primera demostración pública de Wilbur Wright en Francia en un hipódromo cerca de Le Mans el sábado 8 de agosto de Modelo A.

Demostración de Orville Wright en el Fort Meyer el 17 de setiembre 1908.

Acercamiento de la fotografía anterior.

Orville Wright flying the Wright Model A Flyer over a crowd of spectators waving their hats at Tempelhof Field, Germany in 1909

WRIGHT BROTHERS: FIRST AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS AND TEST PILOTS F.E.C. Culick This work was supported in part by the California Institute of Technology and by the Los Angeles AIAA Wright Flyer Project (1978–present) by F.E.C. Culick All Rights Reserved