Hi Andrew (Flug Werke),
Dan_San's comments were addressed to me regarding
a post I made trying to calculate the width between seams (not the actual fabric width) based on pictures of Gary Sewall's fabric. I think that Dan_San is following the best practice when he states the uncertainty as ±10 mm. I did not do it with my calculations because I was to lazy to calculate it.
Hi Dan_San,
A fabric width of 1300 mm (Albatros) with 15 mm lost in each seam would be 1270 mm. This is about what I calculated for the distance between seams on the wing, but it does not allow for any shrinkage from the dope. Were coverings a close fit even before they were doped, or were they made a certain pecent oversize.
In
a previous thread Gary Sewall said that the cross on his fabric was OAW style (4:5). Would you agree that the fabric was from an OAW Fok. D.VII? If so, presumably the fabric would be wider than 1300 mm.
Steve