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This is the sort of propeller he was trying to use before getting the Wright design. It doesn't work: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVv

This is the sort of propeller he was trying to use before getting the Wright design. It doesn't work: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfERIq6zodDQ9JWFRKpWzSSt3kAB6axkH9br-LdVjR7cvwmPdYnR00bBH3FhZ8vIhraJTffA0xY5W7pQ2efERwOeMQpJakYRON5n3sH5cX-XQrSianZm641ywNosLLDT59m4xumPb3tOT/s1600/582d+Santos-Dumont+14+bis+replica.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj... https://tegustanlosaviones.blogspot.com/2019/02/14-bis.html https://tegustanlosaviones.blogspot.com/2019/02/14-bis.html

shaky-carrousel 2y ago
How he could've got the Wright design when nobody in Europe have heard about the Wright experiments by the time Dumont flew his plane? Truth is, the Wright Brothers were pretty secretive about their works and it wasn't until 1908 that people in Europe knew about them. Also, by this photo, that propeller seems to be working: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santos_-_Nov12_1906.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santos_-_Nov12_1906.jpg