Oh! how the Wright brothers would love to be standing in the crowd listen & Watching all these amazing ultralight machines operate during this festival!.. They'd be absolutely amazed & Mezmarized by the sights before them.
Gustav Whitehead has been announced as the First in powered Flight for his two flights taking off under its own power and flting a fair didtance . The second flight was 1.5 miles with turns in 1901. The Wrights were able to afford a lawyer in the the court battle and won. But the News paper articles about Gustaves flights 2 years earlier . Janes book of Aviation recently names Gustav Whitehead as first in powered flight with Number 21 . So there appears to be other earlier attempts.
@@charleswesley9907 thank you so much Charles for you kind an sensible comment! Don't know why the fc my original comment about being interested soo interested in ultra light aeroplanes & Mentioning the brothers, attracted such demeaning replies !!!. Bt- Hey I may as well learn what Flixzone is while I'm here, I guess !!!😏 Hmmmm! Cortana what is Flixzone !!!
If one cant install an electric starter, id like to see a short hex shaft extention so it could be started with an electric drill with a socket wrench.
@@mel_163 HummelBird. Did all his own engine work too, cutting, welding, machining, the works. He was a licensed pilot with rotor and fixed wing certs before he was a licensed driver, and an A&P before he could legally drink. Not many things in the aviation world he hadn't done. The 2nd hardest thing I ever saw him do was surrender those certs as he got too old to do it anymore. He'd been flying since he was 12 years old... he quit at 72.
Is that Morrey's special one off soaring Ultracruiser? I recognized the paint scheme and the rear fuselage looks larger in diameter. Wings look pretty long but I couldn't tell if they were longer than usual.
Yessir, it is indeed. HummelBird with the 1/2 VW engine maxxes out at around 60kts, and weighs something like 300lbs. Amazing little airplane. Watched my dad build one, engine mods and all.
I hate flying but I think I could get into one of them and if I knew how to fly it quiet it just seems like more control where are the big playing you have no control over what's happening
Que nada, é que motores podem ser acionados de maneira manual, girando a hélice daquela maneira Para pilotar ultraleves até é preciso um certificado, então a pessoa que pilota é bem treinada Também acontece que o acionador eletrônico adiciona peso, então é comum na categoria ultraleve algumas pessoas não utilizarem disso
Jonathan Graham is that a two cylinder variant of a VW engine? About the same as a lawnmower. The V-twin. Mower engines made about 20 hp. An early folks made 40, so it's close!
People often have irrational reactions to small aircraft. There is no reason to think it is structurally unsound just because it's small. Indeed it's much easier for materials to hold together small vehicles. Building something big means skirting the limits very tightly. A very sleek design can be vastly superior to your usual knuckledragger Cessna.
