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I'm not sure if it was specifically mentioned in the armistice treaty but in a later codicil.Fokker D VII so many schemes and only weapon ever specifically named in an Armistce Agreement and of Course the DR.I. Legends always seem to trump reality.
The Nieuports (especially the 11 and 17) get a bad rap for the fabric coming off the upper wing during steep dive. From what I've read, that was true of several other planes of the era also (although a quick search didn't come up with any examples). Any idea why the Nieuports were blamed so much more for this problem? Was it really that much worse, or were there just more of them produced before they fixed the problem, so it happened more often to Nieuports?I said the Nieuports, as in all of them.
I also read about the wing coming apart thing for the Nieuports and other airplanes of the era. I think some German airplanes were prone to come apart but offhand don't remember any specifically.The Nieuports (especially the 11 and 17) get a bad rap for the fabric coming off the upper wing during steep dive. From what I've read, that was true of several other planes of the era also (although a quick search didn't come up with any examples). Any idea why the Nieuports were blamed so much more for this problem? Was it really that much worse, or were there just more of them produced before they fixed the problem, so it happened more often to Nieuports?
I also read about the wing coming apart thing for the Nieuports and other airplanes of the era. I think some German airplanes were prone to come apart but offhand don't remember any specifically.
Actually full of gas - and no, I'm not pulling your finger.My vote is the Zeppelins.
Just like me. Big and fat, full of hot air, and likely to crash and burn at any moment.
That's what I found as well. Samples of the aircraft were initially sent to multilple squadrons for testing and supposedly sent back to the factories for modifications or repairs not able to be performed at the squadron or rear area depots. So while it is possible he flew one in field for testing, he scored no victories in it. I wonder if his grave survived WW2 as his birth place is just north and west of Poznan. The church sponsored by the family has a cemetery of the family members that seems to have survived WW2 and is in a town of reasonable size, while the area he was murdered in supposedly by poachers, is still farm land and forrested with a few along the roadside hamlets that probably did not exist in the early 20's.Interesting paint scheme on that aircraft.
It appears to be Georg Von Hantelmann's, but he only ever flew the D.VII with Jasta 15.
Siemens Schuckert DIV. I've read that MvR happened to test fly a Siemens Schukert ( maybe a DIII, I don't remember exactly) and presumably said he liked the way it climbed but that it needed to be lubricated better. Perhaps the engine was running hotter than it should have been. I remember this story being credited to an aircraft designer named Alexander Lippisch.Always liked this one though can't find much on its record other than on wikipedia. which is hit and miss at best. I have the old eduard DIII kit but I hear the new one is superior. This reproduction is at Rhinebeck but another is in a museum out west in the USA another repro in Germany and one in New Zealand. The fuselage of an original may exist in the Krakow museum in Poland.
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Although the short landing gear and limited prop clearance led to tricky landing, the plane was otherwise easy to fly. It had a very short take-off run and at heights above 4,000 m (13,000 ft) was faster and more manoeuvrable than the Mercedes-powered Fokker D.VII. Its most notable feature was its phenomenal rate of climb and extremely high service ceiling—it could reach 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in under 141⁄2 minutes. In 36 minutes it could reach 8,100 m (26,600 ft), about 1,200 m (3,900 ft) higher than the ceiling of the Fokker. Production of the D.IV continued after the cease-fire into 1919 being used by the Swiss. Aircraft started reaching operational units in August but of the 280 ordered only 123 were completed by the end of the war, about half of those reaching operational units.
and one in New Zealand.
Yup, the fuselage and Siemes Halske engine are from a D IV but the aircraft was modified by the Albatros concern for a high altitude flight and a new set of wings was fitted. Unfortunately the wings fell off before they got to fly it. I have a photo of it somewhere. It had real stalky undercarriage.The fuselage of an original may exist in the Krakow museum in Poland.
This. Both the Nieuport 11 and 17 as well as the Albatros DIII has issues with partial or even catastrophic structural failure of the wings.