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AchimEngels · 13 January 2003, 10:58 PM

Hi there,

perhaps it is a good idea to split up the news into separate threads as Wolfenbill did start with his "Kingsbury Aerodrome Projects" thread.

So here we go with our´s! *;D

Our first workshop is almost up and running now.

We have decided to first establish our metal shop and to start working on all the metal parts. Later when we come down to do wooden parts we will establish our wood shop.

We are presently about to construct a jig for the welding of the two Fokker D.VII fuselages. If all goes as it should and as is planed we will order the steel tubings required for all steel tube components of the aircraft either late this week or next week.

We will then start to weld the fuselage frames first followed by the stabilizer, elevator, rudder tail fin and ailerons.

We will also construct a special tool that will allow us to produce the exact dimensions for the required drop shaped steel tubes for the center cabane struts and the undercarriage as well as for the stabilizer and interplane struts. The design work of this special tool is finished and we will start to construct it by next week. It then just has to proof that it works *

. Once it has proofed its functionality we can also offer to do any size of drop shaped struts at a reasonable price!!!

Speaking of reasonable prices *:

we can also offer to do any tubular steel structure using metric tubings at a reasonable price by now. Welding can be executed either in TIG or oxyacetylene. A complete Fokker E.V/D.VIII fuselage frame (without interieur and bracing) done according to the original Fokker factory drawings completely welded, painted and where required wrapped (the tubings) with fabric can be offered at as low as $ 4400 US (+ material + shipping) . We can also do any other thing. Just ask.

I will post images of the fuselages and other parts as soon as they are available!

Best to all of you!

Achim

By the way: We offer one of our two Fokker D.VII´s for sale. Find out more here:

http://www.collectors-edition.de/FokkerD7/...dex_english.htm

13 January 2003, 10:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
AchimEngels Forum Ace Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Schorndorf - Germany Posts: 2,486	FTS Projects Hi there, perhaps it is a good idea to split up the news into separate threads as Wolfenbill did start with his "Kingsbury Aerodrome Projects" thread. So here we go with our´s! ;D Our first workshop is almost up and running now. We have decided to first establish our metal shop and to start working on all the metal parts. Later when we come down to do wooden parts we will establish our wood shop. We are presently about to construct a jig for the welding of the two Fokker D.VII fuselages. If all goes as it should and as is planed we will order the steel tubings required for all steel tube components of the aircraft either late this week or next week. We will then start to weld the fuselage frames first followed by the stabilizer, elevator, rudder tail fin and ailerons. We will also construct a special tool that will allow us to produce the exact dimensions for the required drop shaped steel tubes for the center cabane struts and the undercarriage as well as for the stabilizer and interplane struts. The design work of this special tool is finished and we will start to construct it by next week. It then just has to proof that it works . Once it has proofed its functionality we can also offer to do any size of drop shaped struts at a reasonable price!!! Speaking of reasonable prices *: we can also offer to do any tubular steel structure using metric tubings at a reasonable price by now. Welding can be executed either in TIG or oxyacetylene. A complete Fokker E.V/D.VIII fuselage frame (without interieur and bracing) done according to the original Fokker factory drawings completely welded, painted and where required wrapped (the tubings) with fabric can be offered at as low as $ 4400 US (+ material + shipping) . We can also do any other thing. Just ask. I will post images of the fuselages and other parts as soon as they are available! Best to all of you! Achim By the way: We offer one of our two Fokker D.VII´s for sale. Find out more here: http://www.collectors-edition.de/FokkerD7/...dex_english.htm __________________ To get permanent access to the FTS download archive, You can apply here: MEMBER APPLICATION. Or buy some of our books on early aviation on CD-Rom just to support our work. :-)