WW1 aircraft

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I agree, from what I understand the layout was supposed minimize engine out yawing. It probably did accomplish that, but it made non emergency flying difficult. Both on this version and the land based Gotha I.
There were defiantly some interesting configurations tried out!
 
Roland ~ from military images View attachment 710057
And we think of composite structural construction as a modern phenomenon. Der Wahlfisch ("the whale") had molded fuselage halves of "engineered composite wood product", wood fibers in a polymer-like "glue" cured in a mold under high temperature and pressure. Your original stressed skin construction.
 

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