Its total height reached 9 feet, 4 inches. A biplane canard wing design (pitch was controlled by two small stabilizers at the front of the aircraft instead of the more common tail configuration seen on modern airplanes the rudder was at the rear), the aircraft’s total length was 21 feet, 1 inch. The engine was mounted to the right of the pilot’s cradle, necessitating the extension of the right wing by four inches, bringing the total wingspan of the Flyer to 40 feet, 4 inches.

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