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{{Short description|Failed experimental aircraft}}
[[Image:C R Flugan.jpg|thumb|300px|"The Fly" with [[Carl Richard Nyberg]] as the pilot on a circular wood test track. Photo from around 1904-1906.]]
'''Flugan''' (''The Fly'') was an early [[aeroplane]] designed and built by [[Carl Richard Nyberg]] outside his home in [[Lidingö]], [[Sweden]]. Construction started in 1897 and he kept working on it until 1922. The craft only managed a few short jumps and Nyberg was often ridiculed, however several of his innovations are still in use.<ref name=museet>[http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/nyberg/sida3.htm Sundbybergs Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812092554/http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/nyberg/sida3.htm |date=2010-08-12 }}</ref> He was the first to test his design in a [[wind tunnel]] and the first to build a [[hangar]].<ref name=arlanda>[http://arlandaflygsamlingar.se/showitem.asp?prod=11&item=200001 Arlanda Flygsamlingar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506061416/http://arlandaflygsamlingar.se/showitem.asp?prod=11&item=200001 |date=2010-05-06 }}</ref> The reasons for failure include poor wing and propeller design and, allegedly, Nyberg's fear of heights.
The Flugan had a wingspan of 5 meters, and the surface area of the wings was 13 m<sup>2</sup>. It was powered by a [[steam engine]] heated by four [[blowtorch]]es (UK: blowlamps) and it produced 10 [[horsepower|hp]] (7&nbsp;kW) at 2000 rpm. The [[power-to-weight ratio]] was actually better than the [[Wright brothers|Wright]] engine. The total weight of the plane was 80&nbsp;kg. The weight of the engine was 18&nbsp;kg.<ref name=museet/>
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* {{cite magazine|last=Forsgren |first=Jan|date=April 2023| title=Raising Steam|magazine=The Aviation Historian|location=Horsham, UK| publisher=[[The Aviation Historian]]|volume=43| pages=48–55 |issn=2051-1930}}
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