So get your convincing demo. Soon everyone was building replicas of the Wright machine if not buying it from the Wrights.
I’m just saying what that demo will look like. And it won’t look like black magic where the demons have to be in a good mood.
The thing to keep in mind is: The Wright brothers were no frauds. They kept their demo locked up for 5 friggin years while a stream of lookieloos came by asking about it, but none of those lookieloos would agree to buy their airplanes if it were demo’d. Those lookieloo A@@#0|e$ were just trying to steal the secret, figuring that if a couple of bicycle mechanics could unleash the amazing secret, it couldn’t be that hard. It took 5 friggin years before the Wrights had a contract they could demo to. The same dynamic operates today, but on a bigger scale with players that have $billions in their pocket and can STRONGLY influence the patent process and others involved.