The Wright Brothers redesigned their glider in 1901 with a larger 22-foot wingspan and almost double the wing surface area of their previous 1900 glider. They added a foot-controlled wing-warping system to help turn the glider. In late 1901, the Wright Brothers conducted extensive test flights and wind tunnel experiments with the new glider design in their efforts to achieve powered, controlled flight.

1. The Wright Brothers Started
With a Glider

2. Success wasn’t immediate.

3. In the summer of 1901 Wilbur and Orville Wright returned to North Carolina with a
redesigned 22-foot wingspan glider.
To provide more lift, its wing surface had almost twice the area of their 1900 glider.
The new 1901 glider now had a foot actuated wing-warping system to turn the glider.

4. In this 1901 photo the Wilbur and Orville fly the
glider like a kite.

5. • During late October and early November,
Orville and Wilbur conducted tests on 200
different wing shapes in a homemade wind
tunnel.
They tested 38 different single-wing and
multiple-wing configurations. Each wing
was tested at 45 different angles.

6. The added moveable rudders.

7. And Eventually Powered Flight

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