Re: Assymetry on Dr.1 ailerons?

Mick Fauchon (ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au)
Fri, 29 Jul 1994 11:44:03 +1000 (EST)

> Hi folks, I just saw a post on the aircraft list about the Fokker
> Dr.1's with an aileron haveing a larger surface area on one side than the
> other. Is this true for all tripe's? I recall reading somewhere that the
> pre-production tripe's had this, but once they were evaluated it was found
> that they didn't need the larger aileron. I am curious because I've wanted
> to build Voss's Dr.I. My best resource says that his bird was a pre-production
> Triplane. Can anyone else verify this?

DrIs tended to come with an assortment of aelerons, some even
with the mass balances trimmed down. In most cases your best, and only,
source of reference is photos of the particular aircraft. I'm driving
myself crazy with Richard Wenzl's DrI at the moment.
Want me to check on it over the weekend?

Cheers,

Mick.

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