Wing Warping Demonstrator

Using easy to find cardboard, dental floss, toothpick and straight pins, you can build a working demonstrator of the
Wright Brothers Wing warping design.

One interesting thing that took me a few tries to figure out is that the Wright Brothers use two spars. The leading edge spar and one about 3/4 the chord of the wing. The ribs are hinged to the spars, not fixed. My earlier attempts of using a standard wing gave minimal results due to the spar arrangement.

Front view	Rear view	Side view	plans
Straight pin bent into "U" shape	Guide mid way and at ends	Attached to control stick	Stick to right causes left down trailing edge and right up trailing edge
Stick to the left causes right down trailing edge and left up trailing edge.
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