Oh yeah, that definitely was what the issue was and it was a sesquiplane in layout, but it was intended that the lower wing was there to support the upper wing, is all. The Nieuports are light as a feather, I guess that's what pilots liked about them, so they felt they could throw them about.
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Oh yeah, that definitely was what the issue was and it was a sesquiplane in layout, but it was intended that the lower wing was there to support the upper wing, is all. The Nieuports are light as a feather, I guess that's what pilots liked about them, so they felt they could throw them about.
Thumpalumpacus
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The torsion on the lower wing was probably pretty rough.
Kyushuj7w
Airman 1st Class
A great series of books. Certainly not cheap by any means. One review says pictures are a bit blurry. Do you find this to be true or just another example of an old guy not putting on his reading glassesThe best info on the Siemens Schuckert types can be found in good ole' books.
Siemens-Schuckert Aircraft of WWI by Jack Herris | Book
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I have a copy of this, it is very detailed.
The print quality isn't great, but the content is good and likely among the most detailed in English on Siemens-Schuckert. I don't have any of the others, but I suspect their treatment will be equally as good. To be honest, I can't vouch for their accuracy, but the Siemens one provides a lot of stuff I didn't know before I bought the book. When I was in Berlin two years ago I went to the site of the first airfield that Siemens built, which is in the suburb of Karlshorst and of which there are the derelict remains of airfield buildings, so I wanted a bit of background, but there is little info on the buildings. The Siemens factory in the northwest of Berlin is where they developed their aeroplanes, whereas the site at Karlshorst was where its airship shed was located.
The derelict hangars were the first concrete aircraft hangars in Germany.
The Siemens airship and it's shed on a display board at the site.
That view today. The site is fenced off as a wildlife reserve and the fence is electrified to deter casual passers-by.
