Word: rudder
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STEERING The brothers' most important achievement was their three-dimensional control system: it's why their Flyer worked when other planes didn't. The Wrights realized a plane could not be turned with just a rudder, like a boat; it had to bank into turns to stay under control...
...directional control, the Wrights created wing warping--twisting the wings to facilitate turning. The pilot's torso rests in a wooden hip cradle that is connected by wires to both wings' rear corners and to the rear rudder...
...Clearly, we shot ourselves in the foot to start the game,” Sullivan said. “With an older team, there’s usually a rudder somewhere. There’s a low-post scorer. There’s a guy who’s going to get an assist, a guy who’s going to make a shot. I don’t think at that point in time anybody knew where the rudder was going to be to get us back on track...
...Crimson’s pair thrived in an unaccustomed spot behind the rudder of a 20 foot-long Starboat, handling the unfamiliar boat (Harvard’s typical fleet includes 420’s and FJ’s, both smaller than a Starboat) well amidst the stormy conditions...
Bishop Allen is not just another amateur garage band waiting to be discovered—they are already making themselves a living. For Rudder, the band is as much an entrepreneurial venture as an artistic dream. The band is his third business venture, following the software company he founded in his senior year...