Last year I did an in-flight simulation of the Wright Flyer in our Variable-Stability Lear 24 for the USAF Test Pilot School. It was part of the AIAA Wright Flyer Project - I wonder how this is this related to the EAA project? See:
http://www.wrightflyer.org/Future/have_wright.html The linear model was provided by Dr. Fred Culick of CalTech. They were considering adding pitch and roll SAS (which we also tried in flight) to augment the statically unstable pitch and roll axes, although I'm not sure what has been done since last year. If Dr. Culick's model was accurate, Wilbur and Orville really had their hands full. Regards, Paul Paul R. Deppe Veridian Engineering (formerly Calspan) Flight & Aerospace Research Group 150 North Airport Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 (716) 631-6898 (716) 631-6990 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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