Our airfoils have been developed over several millenea.
Im not sure they have the refined sensitivities here to appreciate the subtle audable sophistication ,
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Had more than something in common with this ,
We Degresss , but the worlds first V T O Design , ( S'at M.o.T.a.T. in Auckland )
This one may not've worked , but if anyone wants a good R.C. predecessor by 100 years to the Hang Glider ,
oops , way of topic . but it is an ENGINE , I guess , so we'll JUST slip in on that .
thats an EIGHT cylinder , believe it or not .
( still dont think anyones got this quite right , at least this ones got an airfoil . Like DuMont , he used Bamboo .
any farmer knows fencing , and as an ornitologist He'd know to tension off the No 8 wire under to curve the ribs and taughten the canvass .)
theres pictures of the thing under Pearse on Google , an engine was dug out of the Waitohi tip in the 70s , the ' utility plane ' was hidden in that shed.
back in 1900 he was obviously mad , thinking he could fly . whadid E think E was , a Baird or Something .
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