How the Wright Brothers Changed Everything We Know About Flying

We all know the Wright Brothers changed the history of flying—but what exactly was their groundbreaking discovery? For the pioneers of human aviation, one of the trickiest problems was figuring out how to steer the early craft. Then, the Wright Brothers changed everything by using bike parts and ? Learn all about it in a new episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Hank Green. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: ---------- Sources: :// :// :// bird balanced by turning the forward edge of one wingtip up and the other down. The image of ‘an animated windmill’ stuck in Wilbur’s mind. ‘Here,’ he noted, ‘was the silent birth of all that underlies human flight.’”&source=bl&ots=dwtoXbuPtT&sig=ACfU3U0l97LJ0hz9vH-4VNa2vq0KN3TsjA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4l_P_7fzqAhWQZd8KHc3iD4QQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=“A bird balanced by turning the forward edge of one wingtip up and the other down. The image of ‘an animated windmill’ stuck in Wilbur’s mind. ‘Here,’ he noted, ‘was the silent birth of all that underlies human flight.’”&f=false would agree that they first turned the handlebar a little to the right, and then as the machine inclined to the left, they turned the handlebar to the left and as a result made the circle, inclining inwardly.”&source=bl&ots=TRuYC9qHq8&sig=ACfU3U14aWtpOa8ttS8Aj1GOkJdyEAZ_Uw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic78WO7vzqAhWhc98KHUjtCbQQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=“some would agree that they first turned the handlebar a little to the right, and then as the machine inclined to the left, they turned the handlebar to the left and as a result made the circle, inclining inwardly.”&f=false Image Sources: :