Flying machine build off. Arriving 10am on Friday the 18th. Pre Party. Set up tent city and prepare the air field. Bring cash and trades. If you have a trailer of old bike parts bring them!
Around 400 BC - China
The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies.
1485 Leonardo da Vinci - The Ornithopter
Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.
1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon.
1799 - 1850's - George Cayley
George Cayley worked to discover a way that man could fly. He designed many different versions of gliders that used the movements of the body to control. Over 50 years he made improvements to the gliders. He changed the shape of the wings so that the air would flow over the wings correctly. He designed a tail for the gliders to help with the stability. He tried a biplane design to add strength to the glider. He also recognized that there would be a need for power if the flight was to be in the air for a long time.
1891 Otto Lilienthal
German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, was the first person to design a glider that could fly a person and was able to fly long distances. Based on his studies of birds and how they fly, he wrote a book on aerodynamics that was published in 1889 and this text was used by the Wright Brothers as the basis for their designs. After more than 2500 flights, he was killed when he lost control because of a sudden strong wind and crashed into the ground.
1891 Samuel P. Langley
Samuel Langley was an astronomer, who realized that power was needed to help man fly. He built a model of a plane, which he called an aerodrome, that included a steam-powered engine. In 1891, his model flew for 3/4s of a mile before running out of fuel.
1894 Octave Chanute
1894 Octave Chanute published Progress in Flying Machines. It gathered and analyzed all the technical knowledge that he could find about aviation accomplishments. It included all of the world's aviation pioneers. The Wright Brothers used this book as a basis for much of their experiments. Chanute was also in contact with the Wright Brothers and often commented on their technical progress.
1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright and the First Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright were very deliberate in their quest for flight. First, they read about all the early developments of flight. They decided to make "a small contribution" to the study of flight control by twisting their wings in flight. Then they began to test their ideas with a kite. They learned about how the wind would help with the flight and how it could affect the surfaces once up in the air.
They designed and used a wind tunnel to test the shapes of the wings and the tails of the gliders.
In 1902, with a perfected glider shape, they turned their attention to how to create a propulsion system that would create the thrust needed to fly. The early engine that they designed generated almost 12 horsepower. The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, at 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903. The two brothers took turns flying that day with the fourth and last flight covering 850 feet in 59 seconds. But the Flyer was unstable and very hard to control.
The brothers returned to Dayton, Ohio, where they worked for two more years perfecting their design. Finally, on October 5, 1905, Wilbur piloted the Flyer III for 39 minutes and about 24 miles of circles around Huffman Prairie.
He flew the first practical airplane until it ran out of gas!
Humankind was now able to fly! During the next century we would go to the moon and back. And now as a species we are on our way Mars.
To honor two bicycle builders. The ones who are credited with our first powered flight. I here by propose a flying machine bicycle build off!
** Finalized rules to follow but keep a few things in mind. Motorized bicycle with only one rider on board. Add bolt on or weld on wings of metal and or cloth. Basic materials from the period. Modern engines welcome. Does not need to fly to win but must function and be ridden under power with all flying machine parts attached. Not asking or requiring anyone to be able to fly. Display and testing field will be at the Ridgefield Washington Iron Ranch third Saturday in September Vintage Bike and MotoBike Swap.
*** Mail in HDDVD submissions under consideration to be viewed @ the show and judged.
LOCATION
http://schurmanironranch.com/
Saturday, September 19, 2015
at 8:00am
.
FREE CAMPING ON SIGHT
Around 400 BC - China
The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies.
1485 Leonardo da Vinci - The Ornithopter
Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.
1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon.
1799 - 1850's - George Cayley
George Cayley worked to discover a way that man could fly. He designed many different versions of gliders that used the movements of the body to control. Over 50 years he made improvements to the gliders. He changed the shape of the wings so that the air would flow over the wings correctly. He designed a tail for the gliders to help with the stability. He tried a biplane design to add strength to the glider. He also recognized that there would be a need for power if the flight was to be in the air for a long time.
1891 Otto Lilienthal
German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, was the first person to design a glider that could fly a person and was able to fly long distances. Based on his studies of birds and how they fly, he wrote a book on aerodynamics that was published in 1889 and this text was used by the Wright Brothers as the basis for their designs. After more than 2500 flights, he was killed when he lost control because of a sudden strong wind and crashed into the ground.
1891 Samuel P. Langley
Samuel Langley was an astronomer, who realized that power was needed to help man fly. He built a model of a plane, which he called an aerodrome, that included a steam-powered engine. In 1891, his model flew for 3/4s of a mile before running out of fuel.
1894 Octave Chanute
1894 Octave Chanute published Progress in Flying Machines. It gathered and analyzed all the technical knowledge that he could find about aviation accomplishments. It included all of the world's aviation pioneers. The Wright Brothers used this book as a basis for much of their experiments. Chanute was also in contact with the Wright Brothers and often commented on their technical progress.
1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright and the First Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright were very deliberate in their quest for flight. First, they read about all the early developments of flight. They decided to make "a small contribution" to the study of flight control by twisting their wings in flight. Then they began to test their ideas with a kite. They learned about how the wind would help with the flight and how it could affect the surfaces once up in the air.
They designed and used a wind tunnel to test the shapes of the wings and the tails of the gliders.
In 1902, with a perfected glider shape, they turned their attention to how to create a propulsion system that would create the thrust needed to fly. The early engine that they designed generated almost 12 horsepower. The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, at 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903. The two brothers took turns flying that day with the fourth and last flight covering 850 feet in 59 seconds. But the Flyer was unstable and very hard to control.
The brothers returned to Dayton, Ohio, where they worked for two more years perfecting their design. Finally, on October 5, 1905, Wilbur piloted the Flyer III for 39 minutes and about 24 miles of circles around Huffman Prairie.
He flew the first practical airplane until it ran out of gas!
Humankind was now able to fly! During the next century we would go to the moon and back. And now as a species we are on our way Mars.
To honor two bicycle builders. The ones who are credited with our first powered flight. I here by propose a flying machine bicycle build off!
** Finalized rules to follow but keep a few things in mind. Motorized bicycle with only one rider on board. Add bolt on or weld on wings of metal and or cloth. Basic materials from the period. Modern engines welcome. Does not need to fly to win but must function and be ridden under power with all flying machine parts attached. Not asking or requiring anyone to be able to fly. Display and testing field will be at the Ridgefield Washington Iron Ranch third Saturday in September Vintage Bike and MotoBike Swap.
*** Mail in HDDVD submissions under consideration to be viewed @ the show and judged.
LOCATION
http://schurmanironranch.com/
Saturday, September 19, 2015
at 8:00am
.
FREE CAMPING ON SIGHT
