Nyberg Flugan steam-powered aircraft - photos

The Nyberg Flugan was an early steam-powered aircraft built by Swedish aviation pioneer Carl Richard Nyberg in 1897.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...913#post124713
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...235#post157933
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...437#post154733

It's certainly fun to say

The guy was initially successful at 24 years of age, when he invented the safe kerosene-driven blowtorch.
Made a fortune from that, and in spite of him being aerophobic, trying to fly a steam engine and boiler weren't successful at all.
Power/ weight ratio were in fact better than for the Wright Flyer, though wing and propeller design weren't.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugan