[WWI] SPAD Coverings

[Douglas Anderson]

Would this have meant that the RFC and RNAS would've re-covered / re-stitched the wing covering and taped correctly? Would the Yanks have also done so? Could this be what really happened to Guynemer, his wing covering failed?
  
Jim Landon <thegreatlandoni at hotmail.com> wrote:
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  The Nieuport 28 had other problems, mainly a weak area in the structure on the bottom of the top wing, under the leading edge ply. The structure failed, bent backward causing the fabric to balloon. At the time, they really didn't know what was going on.
   
  Thanks Robert. You don't know what the fix was do you - just curious since I'm finishing up the Nie 28 skeleton. The design looks bullet proof to me.
   
  <<All sorts of methods were used for attaching fabrric, including  in the early days wooden battens nailed on top of the fabric .>>
   
  I forgot I knew that. I remember seeing pictures of that somewhere.
   
  <<The early Fokker Triplanes only had tacks and apparantly no tapes.>>
   
  I never suspected that because the 1:1 replica I've touched has full rib stitching and tapes.
   
  That's why I subscribe to this list, to learn stuff (and for a break from the work bench).
   
  Thanks,
  Jim
    
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  From: karrart at karrart.com
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:43:41 -0700
Subject: Re: [WWI] SPAD Coverings

          <<I'm sitting here in shock. I thought all WWI planes were rib stitched and taped in the same manner. Even modern day small private planes. And even some fabric covered control surfaces of otherwise all metal planes.
 
If the French sometimes used tacks or skipped ribs is there any possibility that this had anything to do with the fabric ripping off Nieuport 28 wings when pulling out of a steep dive?>>
   
  The Nieuport 28 had other problems, mainly a weak area in the structure on the bottom of the top wing, under the leading edge ply. The structure failed, bent backward causing the fabric to balloon. At the time, they really didn't know what was going on.
  All sorts of methods were used for attaching fabrric, including  in the early days wooden battens nailed on top of the fabric . The early Fokker Triplanes only had tacks and apparantly no tapes.
  Some time ago, I got to examine, touch and fondle an actual Spad XIII wing...old, stale smelling.... fabric long gone. I could see the odd little stained places where the tacks had been along the cap strips. Somehwere around here in an old C&C or WW I Aero or something there's a British report on French covering practices that pretty much says "Holy Frayed Tape Batman! Those guys are making some scary stuff!"
  The "Brit" way seems to have become the basis for "The" way in the following decades.
  RK.......doing something while paint dries
  www.karrart.com



       
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