Albatros D II / D III news

[Koloman Mayrhofer]

hallo,
all struts are teardrop steeltube rolled from circular seamless tubes. the austrian albatrosses uses a bit bigger profiles than the germans did. what you see is the red corrosion primer.

cheers
koloman mayrhofer

[Olson]

Koloman, what color will the finish coat on the struts and other metal components (cowling, access panels, etc.) be? Is there any difference in the matter of final paint color vis a vis German manufacture? Thanks........John

[Koloman Mayrhofer]

hallo,
the austrian build albatrosses had a very dark blue paint which looks under some light conditions black used for the metal parts made of steel. at least that was what i found on the original rudder horn that i have in my collection. from fotos it appears that the steel parts are in most cases very dark. so i think we can asume this as factory finish .

from the spare parts list and other documents related to delivery of this planes red and blue corrosion protection paints are mentioned .

german examples usually have a grey green paint used . see at the pictures chris has posted from the canberra DVa somewere on this forum.
cheers
koloman mayrhofer

[Rowan Broadbent]

Herr Mayrhofer,

This is a wonderful thread. Its a privilege to be allowed to see your work in such detail - thankyou!

I have been trying to understand why Oeffag omitted the rib taping process. From my limited knowledge, it seems an unusual step - particularly with regard to Oeffags high quality of work and their Aeroplane's strength and durability.

Can you offer any reasons for this? Were stronger materials used or different attachment methods for the covering ?

Many thanks in advance.

Rowan Broadbent

[Koloman Mayrhofer]

hallo,
after some time here are news about our project.
rib production is in full swing and we are soon start with the spars.
from the 28 ribs of the topwing only 8 are of the same profile and construction any other rib has either a different construction and or profile.

ribwebs are of 4 or 8mm lindenwood with capstrips made of ash between 10 and 30mm wide on the top wing.

bottom wing ribs are 4.5 and 7.5mm webs with 20 /30 mm capstrips

i also enclose two pictures from the oeffag built topwing during assembling some years ago. the reinforcing plywood gussets around the aileron cutout are typical for late 253 series airplanes.


bottom wing rib german albatros D III: this is what is believed the final production version with a solid wood web of 4.5mm and sheeted with 0.8mm plywood on both sides. we decided to use plywood so it is possible that they used veneer for sheeting.







cheers
koloman mayrhofer

[Koloman Mayrhofer]

hallo,
here are a few more pics from curent work.
installation of brackets is going on as some finetuning of the covering.
all scarf joints in the plywood as also all scarf joints in the longerons are covered in linnen on the inside. although technically not needed anymore we replicate this process.











cheers
koloman mayrhofer

[sheppo]

Gday Koloman

Just a query about the second last phot you posted, the diagonally angled timber brace that comes to the skid does not extend sideways all the way out to the fuselage skin whereas the Dvas' does. How is the DIII finished off so to speak?

Cheers mate

Chris

[Koloman Mayrhofer]

hallo,

the wooden member follows the outher contour of the fuselage from the skid up to just the point were the straight line ends. this was indicated on the drawings in that way. at least in austrian practise it was done that way .

cheers
koloman mayrhofer

[propnut]

hi koloman
thanks for the pictures of the rudder attachment.can you show a picture of the rudder horn? how does the rudder de attach from the fuslage as the horn must get in the way of removement also are there any brass bushings in the lower rudder attach fitting thanks for all the information you give it really helps my project.
john

[Albatros_Ace]

Hi sheppo i have look at this entire forum and i probably missed it but where did you get youre plans for your Albatros D.Va

Someday I hope to build an albatros D.Va

What beautiful projects