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German aircraft covering methods on wings.
fishotter:
Almost all German aircraft factories used the chordwise method of covering wings. The Halberstadt, DFW and Siemans Schuckert used the bias covering method with the warp yarns (seams) at 45 degrees to the leading edge.
Some used the spanwise wing covering were used by Alb.D.Va on one production batch which included Alb.D.Va5390/17. Siemans-Schuckert used bias covering on the upper wing and spanwise on the lower wings on the SSW D.III fighter.
DFW built DFW C.V were bias covered on all their orders except Aviatik built, serial numbers DFW C.V (Av) 5825/16 to 5974/16 and all subsequent Aviatik built machines through serial DFW C.V(Av) 8249/18.
It is my understanding that bias wing covering were used on wings where wing warping was used for roll control.
Blue skies,
Dan-San
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