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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by mcarmichael on Sunday June 30, 2024 @09:31PM (#40841842)
Control was an almost completely unaddressed issue before the Wrights took it up, even though it is also crucial to useful glider development.

This video has a nice delineation of the collection of breakthroughs needed:

  https://youtu.be/EkpQAGQiv4Q?t=391
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Re:The Physics of (Airplane) Flight by KineticLensman on Sunday June 30, 2024 @10:54PM (#40842153)
Yes. AIUI, as bicycle riders the Wright brothers understood the need for banking in turns rather than thinking of maintaining a constant roll orientation throughout a turn
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