Q: On Udet's DR-1 ...

alan giles · 15 February 2007, 03:02 PM

Carbon deposits? I reckon a damaged/corroded plate.

RAGIII · 15 February 2007, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by alan giles

Carbon deposits? I reckon a damaged/corroded plate.

Could be, however Scraping deposits from DR1s was a common occurance. That Oberuesel engine threw a lot of stuff out and to the rear. The rest of the photo seems fine so I am still of the opinion that the aircraft is obviously DIRTY. Again,I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
RAGIII

I am editing this as I looked again at the photo. Could be the plate as I see some of those dots between the wings. Still not sure?

FOKKERJ · 15 February 2007, 07:00 PM

As I read through several pages my reactions were validated by following postings. Very interesting. Girl! You can sure stir it up, with good questions. Heated, but good exchange between respected authorities. I was really excited when I noticed the wider white border around the cross on Udet's fuselage. Then I read Dan San Abbot's post. Right on, Dan! By the age of 13, after studying hundreds of black & white WWI photographs I could distinguish red from blue and identify some other colors on approximately 99% of the fotos. Red looks Black and Blue looks light to White. Then there's Yellow! I need to study more fotos. Vertical stripes versus diagonal stripes on tailplanes? I don't think I'll be painting either Udet's or Kirschstein's DR.I's anytime soon! There's too many Jasta 12 aircraft for me to take care of. I do need to redo Udet's Fok.D.VII I built back in 1969. This time I promise not to use red electrical tape for the stripes! My skills have grown since then even with a 35 year absense. It's good to be back to one of my favorite passions. I' m thankful for this site and all of you whom share and participate. Thanks, Jay Schwartz

FOKKERJ · 15 February 2007, 10:19 PM

One of several impressing points that has been brought up is the weight of paint. While working as a machinist at a small job shop in 1984, we did contract work for Rockwell Int'l. & McDonnel Douglas, a team of three from Rockwell paid us a visit. They delivered a presentation complete with slide show, stickers, and coins made in part from the first space shuttle. The first slide had an all white space shuttle. The second one was of a shuttle all white with the exception of the main center tank/booster?(I don't know, I'm not a rocket scientist)! It was orange. I asked why it was painted orange, they didn't have an answer. After a phone call one of them informed us that it was not orange paint. It was RUST,ORANGE RUST. They had saved around 320 lbs. by not painting it! So what's a couple of extra pounds of paint to a fast Fokker DR.I that could still fly circles around most aeroplanes with a skilled pilot like

Ernst Udet behind the controls? I still have the stickers and coins, my brother lost his. Everytime I see a shuttle with orange rust I know why. BLESS THE FOKKERS **** Jay Schwartz