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Do you have any other photos like this? I'm currently working on the rivets on the fuselage. The vertical row is almost finished, but there will most likely be problems with the horizontal one.
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Here's what else is interesting. About the rivets. Were there partitions between possible ribs, for example, on the fuselage that you showed me, or not?
Should I make a vertical row of rivets or just a horizontal row?
Yes. The skin of the fuselage was riveted both the longerons and bulkheads. But it depended on the fuselage section. For instance at the cockpit area there wasn't too many of the horizontal lines because there wasn't too many of the stringers at the area. So there were the vertical rivet lines mostly. Also please notice that the main bearing element of the fuselage was its floor that was running from the cockpit to almost the last rear section. The entire rest of the fuselage I mean the sidea and the top ( ceiling ) was just a kind of superstructure only.
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So how many rows of frame were there in the horizontal tail unit? (Tail)
I have already posted the drawing. Just count them there. The central part of the horizontal stabilizer had the 11 main ones and 4 semi-ribs at the ending. It is 15 in total.
the source: Allgemein – Seite 5 – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
Here .. the red - ribs, the green - the longerons. The rivet lines along these lines. At the ribs with the elevator hinges there were two lines and also the two others along the main stringers. These areas were strengthened.
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The entire leading edge was of the matal skin. The part had its own stringer screwed/riveted to the front stringer of the main part of the stabilizer. Also there were ribs and two longerons . One from top and the second one at the bottom. The black part is a rubber soaked fabric protection of the leading edge against icing. It was wrapped along its endings on a metal strip that was scrwed to the surface along the longerons.
the source: Allgemein – Seite 5 – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
the source: Allgemein – Seite 5 – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
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Are there any photographs of the horizontal stabilizer frame? horizontal stabilizer ribs
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I seem to have drawn the outlines of the location of the joints and frame from the pictures, but I don't understand how the sheets of metal were attached.
Just on the Frame in one vertical row?
These weren't attached in one vertical row but as horizontal strips ... you need to rotate the pic .. can you see?
the source: Seitenleitwerk – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
the source: Seitenleitwerk – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
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How many partitions were there between the frames on the belly of the fuselage?
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Ah ... It looks like there were 3 parts of the bottom. These parts were with the floor that was running to the fuselage bulkhead no.8.
the source: Waschraumfenster – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
the source: Waschraumfenster – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
You have posted a pic of the bottom section from the bulkhead no.1 to 5. Here the section 5-6 and 6-8.
the source: Allgemein – Seite 5 – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
the source: Allgemein – Seite 5 – Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
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