Want this question answered?
flying
So they could see which type of plane wing would fly the best.
Even though they were not true scientists, only bicycle mechanics, they applied scientific research and built a wind tunnel to test different wing designs and then they built model gliders and tested them before attempting to build a man-powered airplane.
A wind tunnel is used to simulate air flow over a model of an airplane or a wing section so it can be studied. The model can be instrumented to measure the lift and drag and other parameters for study. The wind tunnel can produce air flow at the desired speed and condition. Engineers may use a wind tunnel to study and design a wing shape. The Wright Brothers developed the first wind tunnel to design the shape of the wing for their airplane. Wind tunnels can be used to study interference between parts of the aircraft or between an airplane and a bomb as it drops away. There are different types of wind tunnels: low speed wind tunnels, supersonic wind tunnels and hyper-sonic wind tunnels.
the wings got holes in them and there was a strong wind and raining
flying
So they could see which type of plane wing would fly the best.
wind tunnel
Building the wind tunnel was the first job that Charlie Taylor did for the Wright brothers that had any.
None, the Wright Brothers flew a wind powered glider
Wind, mostly...
Even though they were not true scientists, only bicycle mechanics, they applied scientific research and built a wind tunnel to test different wing designs and then they built model gliders and tested them before attempting to build a man-powered airplane.
steering wheel
A wind tunnel is used to simulate air flow over a model of an airplane or a wing section so it can be studied. The model can be instrumented to measure the lift and drag and other parameters for study. The wind tunnel can produce air flow at the desired speed and condition. Engineers may use a wind tunnel to study and design a wing shape. The Wright Brothers developed the first wind tunnel to design the shape of the wing for their airplane. Wind tunnels can be used to study interference between parts of the aircraft or between an airplane and a bomb as it drops away. There are different types of wind tunnels: low speed wind tunnels, supersonic wind tunnels and hyper-sonic wind tunnels.
The Wright brothers first airplane was a glider, -wind powered.
1955
The Wright Cycle Company had four different Ohio locations as the Wright brothers moved around.However, they flew from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, as the wind conditions were better there.