RE: Pfalz DIII resources -- Photos, Drawings, Plans, etc.
The sketches didn't post as clearly as I hoped. I can email them if anyone wants them. Here are a few pictures of the strut fittings under construction:
1. Aluminum balls drilled for the machine screw.
2. Balls mounted to a brass strap and placed on a male mold.
3. Fiberglass filling the ball and wrapping the mold, compressed under wax paper.
4. Finished ball fitting in mating socket bolted onto side of fuselage.
5. Finished cabane top fittings.
6. Jigs holding wing position, and dummy strut setting distance between fittings.