[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by fishotter

Hello all,

Thanks to the many knowledgable forumites the various types of lozenge used on different German aircraft have been well explained and documented. However I had always assumed that the application of the strips of printed cloth on the wings would invariably be front to rear, ie from leading wing edge to trailing edge, so viewed from above it might look like this: I I I I I I
Apparently that was not always the case, from other threads on this forum I understand sometimes the cloth might be applied length-wise, and sometimes even diagonally. So I was wondering which aircraft types had which style of wing covering, and if diagonal, was it to the left \ \ \ \ \, or to the right / / / / / ? At 45 degrees, or just slighty angled?
I'd be most grateful for any help to clear my doubts.

Greetings fishotter;

The fore to aft orientation is called "chordwise." This runs the factory edges parallel to the lay of the ribs of most wings.

Ailerons and elevators were often covered from left edge to right edge. This is called "spanwise" where the factory edge runs parallel to the leading and trailing edges. In the field some repaired wings were covered "spanwise" as well.

The "angled" layout was usually employed on two seater aircraft with broader wing surfaces fore to aft. But later Siemens Schuckert Works used it on their production D.III (a single seater) top wing. Please note these are general observations.