RE: Need info on Halberstadt fighters
May I add something to the discussion about the "droopy"TE ? It semms to be seen only on Halberstadt-fighters D and C series. I found a book about the Halberstadt Cl IV and there are some interesting pictures. As the book isn`t available any more, I try to show tem here. In the pic 2, 3 and 4 you can see the team of the "Museum für Verkehr und Technik" (museum of traffic and technics) im Berlin, Germany building up a wing. I hope it can bee seen, that the rear spar is curved to meet the fuselage, the front spar is straight. In one pic it can be seen, that they are glueing the nose-ribs to the front spar. So the "droop" of the TE and a straight LE can go together. Pic 5 shows, that the droop did not disappear in the air.
(oh, I think my English is poor, I can read it, but writing is difficult. Hope, you understand me.)