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Lucien Harpress · 9 January 2008, 08:07 AM

Giant aircraft in general hold a special facination for me, especially the one-off, generally unsuccessful prototypes. This spills over into WWI aircraft, too, and, not suprisingly, the Siemens-Schuckert R VIII. It was a large six-engined R-plane built by Germany at the end of the war. It never flew, as a propellor accident grounded the aircraft during taxi trials, and the war ended shortly afterward and it was subsiquently scrapped.

Because this airplane is (to me) so awesome, I may want to scratchbuild a model of it at some point in the future. The only problem- the only photos of diagrams of it I have seen are totally unsatisfactory.

Does anyone know of any decent diagrams of this aircraft, or at least more than the two photos of it that I've seen? (A straight frontal view and a front three-quarters view) Any info at all is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

9 January 2008, 08:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lucien Harpress Observer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a house. In Michigan. Posts: 14	Siemens-Schuckert R VIII- Any three-views at all? Giant aircraft in general hold a special facination for me, especially the one-off, generally unsuccessful prototypes. This spills over into WWI aircraft, too, and, not suprisingly, the Siemens-Schuckert R VIII. It was a large six-engined R-plane built by Germany at the end of the war. It never flew, as a propellor accident grounded the aircraft during taxi trials, and the war ended shortly afterward and it was subsiquently scrapped. Because this airplane is (to me) so awesome, I may want to scratchbuild a model of it at some point in the future. The only problem- the only photos of diagrams of it I have seen are totally unsatisfactory. Does anyone know of any decent diagrams of this aircraft, or at least more than the two photos of it that I've seen? (A straight frontal view and a front three-quarters view) Any info at all is greatly appreciated. Thanks.