This makes it possible to breakdown the wing section of the glider into four parts, each about 17 feet long. We can transport the glider in a small trailer and carry it through an ordinary doorway. There are other minor changes that were necessary to enable the glider to break down. But for the most part it is true to history. Or, at least as true to history as you can make an airplane for which the builders never recorded construction details.
People build airplanes for many reasons.
We built this one to impress kids. Although the Wright Brothers assembled the wings of the glider so the wouldn't come apart, you can build it to knock down for easy transport. We haul ours in a 7' x 18' trailer. There are some old plans, fortunately. In 1934, the U.S. Army Air Corps built two replicas of the 1902 Wright Glider.