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Lilienthal died flying one of his gliders. His wing curvature pressure tables were faulty and the Wright Brothers had to abandon them and build their own wind
by dev_tty01 3y ago
Lilienthal died flying one of his gliders. His wing curvature pressure tables were faulty and the Wright Brothers had to abandon them and build their own wind tunnel to measure and create a set of usable data. That led to their actual success flying.
Lilienthal was certainly important and served as inspiration, but it was the Wright's who really did all the invention and engineering to create what could credibly be called an airplane.
- vanderZwan 3y agoYeah, I might have highlighted their later patent war antics at the beginning of this thread, but I also recall reading that the research done by the early Wright Brothers was really impressive. IIRC they were more rigorous in their measurements than other people around the same time, which was part of what lead to their success.