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20 October 2004, 12:11 PM
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 Test steaming of two cap strip stringers of limewood.  It works pefectly!  I hope to finish a first set of inner lower wing box ribs soon. Enjoy! Achim
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20 October 2004, 11:07 PM
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And one more thing here.
I have spoken to Wulffo and know know what happened. There appear to be people out there who talk bad about Wulffo and spread bad things around. These guys are obviously jealous about his talent to find old aviation stuff and to obtain it in trade or at a bargain. Well, go out there and the get that stuff yourself..... I can well understand now why he decided to quitt his participation here in the Forum discussions. Let me tell you that I have always made good experience with Wulffo. He is a most honest man and always talks straight. Without his in"wulffo"ment this exciting project of a Fokker reproduction Fokker D.VII powered by a original Daimler D.III engine would have never come to exist. Achim
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23 October 2004, 01:29 PM
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And now the first wing pieces come into play!
  first rib webs are cut out only roughly  One or multiple layers are sandwhiched in between the multitool jig.  The webs are then cut with a mill.
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23 October 2004, 01:32 PM
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 The result is very nice rib web.  Holes can also be drilled, while the web is still in the multitool jig.  The final result are absolutely identical rib webs.  Splicing of pre bent rib cap strips made from 5mm x 5mm limewood stringers. Enjoy! Achim
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24 October 2004, 11:28 AM
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The laminations of Wulffo´s propeller are now all glued together.
The following images illusrate his airscrew as ugly as canm be in this stage along with a smaller airscrew for an Oberursel Ur.II rotary engine.    Enjoy! Achim
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25 October 2004, 01:21 PM
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The first test rib is well in progress.
 The rib flanges are tacked to the web by small nails which are about 50mm apart  The nose section with the bent cap strip.  A first rib is complete! 
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25 October 2004, 01:22 PM
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 Another view.  The wing root box rib is united by gluing the trailing edge filling piece first. Enjoy! Achim
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26 October 2004, 01:06 PM
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The very first box rib is completed. I am not yet satisfied with the result, but have now figgured out how to get things done best.
 Inside  Outside  Detail of front section with triangular stiffener in the center.
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26 October 2004, 01:08 PM
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 Break through for the rear spar.  Another view. You can see the wooden fillers between the webs.  Trailing edge of the rib with the opening for the trailing edge wooden stringer. Now that this test rib is completed I will start to finish up Wulffo´s airscrew tomorow of whichj the layers now glued. After this I will return to the wing rib making and put together the ribs of the lower wings first. Enjoy! Achim
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26 October 2004, 02:27 PM
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Hello Achim,
I have been wondering if early D.VII wings used a different cap strip to latter built examples but possibly I am getting confused between Fokker built aircraft and those that were built by other companies. The original Fokker wing rib drawings show them to be built the way you are doing it but the Flight magazine artical, "The Fokker D.VII, A Technical Evaluation" shows a different style that has a similar nose section to the Fokker Dr.I. I think this aircraft was Fokker built. The D.VII was brought down on the 6th of June 1918 by a British SE5a and was allocated the designation G/2B/14, its werk number was 2455, possibly Fok.368/18. The D.VIIs spars were marked with "Gebr. Perzius, Flugzeug Abteilung" D-VII FI. No.1450 and bore the date 24/IV/18. Langdon |
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