s Schanzle Seventh Grade Project AS PART requirements seventh-grade Industrial Arts class Mont gomery Village Junior High School Gaith ersburg Maryland make model something invented before 1930 have building flying model airplanes since six years old soit natural choose some type aircraft subject Well Ive always wanted build Wright airplane chose 19071909 type teacher expected project done classroom hard slice ribs made 1/32-inch balsa five-foot band saw blade 1/16-inch thick one-foot-diameter power sand ing disk 80-gut sandpaper doesnt help much either began home reference plans book called Wright Brothers Gibbs Smith father purchased pamphlet several years ago visited Kitty Hawk North Carolina site first sustained powered flight book has seen considerable use since used reference report Wright Bro thers fourth grade Between 19071909 Wrights built about seven airplanes planes similar 1905 aircraft two upright seats according reference inherently unstable Only type still exists today Deutsches Museum Munich project started enlarging After researching building remarkable 1907- 09 Wright Flyer part requirements Industrial Arts class author big problemconvincing teach really built it. himself. alone three-view opaque projector school give wing span about 16 inches Just about whole airplane built 1/16- 1/32-in balsa As engine 1/2-in sq block sanded shape four 3/16-in dowels used represent cylinders Straws ridged middle make excellent cooling fins Little balsa pieces make rocker arm covers small wires used simulate spark plug cables Sprockets chains two round pieces index card separated small round piece balsa Chains done elastic thread Someday dad will wake up morning sock drawer Rigging four-pound-test fishing line Hot-Stuffed place Only piece string used interwing bracing Props carved out 1/4-in soft balsa rudder made 1/16 sheet balsa because real plane plywood Musta CG problems As scale projects conflict documentation clearly visible drawings 3/4 front view shows brace stabil izer skid stopping bottom skid side view shows stopping leading edge wing has treasured model project far next task build glass case will never forget model what Wright Brothers did aviation Photographs Charles Grasser 72 Model Aviation Chris 190709 Flyer rightfully felt tnat cover gi woula asmmnish impression Wrights ingenuity end structural intricacy exhibited dawn flight Below reference Gibhs Smiths Wright Brothers Spen balsa model 16 inches