The attachment points for both the experimental plywood D.VII and
the 'normal' D.VII are both forward of the engine 'firewall' in an
area where metal, not plywood, was and would have to be used. I'd
assume that only the area aft of the firewall would used the
plywood fuselage. Why, then, the redesign the area forward of the
firewall, especially with an item as crucial to structural integrity
as a strut?
You're probably right, its gotta be contected to the plywood fuselage
somehow, but its gotta be something more complicated then just the
problems of cutting holes in plywood. Neither strut location would
have required cutting a hole in plywood 'cause there wouldn't be
any plywood in either location - just metal.
Cheers,
-- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov - aw177@Freenet.Carleton.ca -