What are all the similarities between the wright flyer and modern airplanes?

Answer 1

Well, with all airplanes you have wing warping, which basically controls the wings and the direction the plane is traveling. This means that you can control the airplane around all three axis, which is in the definition of a airplane. All three axis means you can control the airplane in all directions, nose right or nose left, also known as yaw, nose up or nose down, also known as pitch, or wing up or wing down, also known as roll.

Answer 2

Wow, there are plenty. Here's a few off the top of my head.

• Both consist of wings to produce the lift, a horizontal stabilizer and a vertical stabilizer
• Both have 3-axis control (roll, pitch, yaw)
• The forces acting on the Wright Flyer (lift, weight, thrust, drag) are the same forces acting on modern airplanes.
• Both use hinged control surfaces for the elevator and rudder. However, the Wright Flyer originally used wing-warping instead of hinged ailersons.
• The Wright Flyer received its thrust from propellers like modern day airplanes
• The Wright Flyer featured a wing cross-section that was thin and cambered (curved). Modern day airplanes don't use thin cambered wings but they do use airfoils that are curved on top, as with the Wright Flyer.

Answer 3

They were both experimental planes