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Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 2:37:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		My Albatros DVa about 7 hours in. Another club maember and myself are building one.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 2:46:51 PM   
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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 2:49:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dave, it's hard to tell from the pic, how are the formers lined up while building the fuse? It really doesn't look like the typical box core construction.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 3:28:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		This from my own plans based on data files Albatros special. It is essentially my 1/3rd scale reduced in size with slightly changed structure. Bhole, you are correct as it is a actual monocoque(sp) construction. The formers are slid onto a square piece of Al tube on temporary cross pieces and once about 2/3rds of the sheeting is on, the tube is removed. there is a 1/8th ply box built into the nose which ties the firewall, struts and landing gear together. Very very light and strong.

DJ

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 3:34:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ah, the penny just dropped! I'm definitely looking forward to developments! Using the broom in the background as scale, it looks like this something around 1/5 scale?

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 3:35:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is what I suspected, very nice!

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 5:27:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		1/4 scale. 88" wingspan. Power will be a Fuji 43. A bit much but I will be able to swing a large prop. I project the weight to be 18-19 pounds.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 6:17:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Are you going to send a set of plans to Billy Thompson so he can get to work? LOL! I hope so!

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 7:43:17 PM   
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Status: online 		Hey DJ, good to see you back at it. I am sure she will be another beautiful machine!

VBR John

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 7:51:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Let me know if you publish the plans it looks like one I would like to build.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/7/2007 9:18:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		bhole74,
Here is a pic of the DIII version with the alignment tube(white,in this case) in place.It works great and makes for a light and strong fuselage.


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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/8/2007 1:31:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		That looks like the perfect way to build a DV or Pfalz -- or any of the "rigid body" WWI aircraft. There's a simplicity and elegance to this method that's very appealing.

While I love the lines of the Albatros (and the Pfalz even more so) I can't help feeling that the it is the least WWI of all the WWI aircraft. It's the WWI equivalent of the WWII "heavy metal" warbird. Maybe that partially explains its popularity with modelers. Well that and those GREAT color schemes! Maybe it's just the old "stick 'n tissue" builder in me, but I just love those fabric-covered fuses.


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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/8/2007 4:09:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would not call it the least. In fact it is the plane that kept the Germans ahead most of the war, and its production was only halted because Fokker convinced the government that his DVII was what was needed and the government ordered Albatros to make DVIIs. Fokker was a good salesman as much as an aircraft builder and made his planes available to the top pilots for testing so they could influence the selection at bid time. I think they would have kept up with the times if they would have been allowed to keep building their aircraft, and it was pretty much a match for the DVII as is and was flown to the end of the war. The Red Baron made good use of it with about 60 of his kills in the plane.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/8/2007 7:08:45 PM   
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Status: online 		I think the issue with the DV was wing failures. This led to the DVa which was supposed to correct the problem. I don't believe that it totally elimenated the problem. That also helped Fokker to sell his plane.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/8/2007 7:29:56 PM   
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Status: online 		I believe Von Richthofen got most of his kills in an Alb.D.lll not a D.V.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/9/2007 4:20:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		The Albatros had its wing failures, but the Dr1,DVII, and DVIII did too and were removed from service for times because of manufacturing defects in the wings. I like both the Fokkers and the Albatros' they were both great. I think one reason Von Richthofen did not fly the Va much was that he was recovering form this wounds during its main usage. He is also one who had the bottom wing of his DIII come off.

On another note, I saw Dave's DV at last years Mint Julip and it was awesome.

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RE: Albatros DVa - 12/9/2007 2:49:36 PM