They adopted the basic design of the Chanute-Herring biplane hang glider ("double-decker" as the Wrights called it), which flew well in the 1896 experiments near Chicago, and used aeronautical data on lift that Otto Lilienthal had published.
Ei au adoptat bazele proiectului planorului biplan Chanute-Hering („double-decker”, după cum îi spunea Wright), care zburase bine în experimentele din 1896 de lângă Chicago, și a folosit datele aeronautice despre portanță publicate de Otto Lilienthal.