[WWI] Albatross DIII (oeffag ser. 253)

[Jim Landon]

"I found a couple of photos, that show two big pipes that go into that box, and a square funnel thing just to the left of the gun."

Please show us the photos. Aren't there two things that exit the gun: the spent brass shells and the empty cloth belt? (Did they have metal links in WWI?)

Jim

> From: Neil.Crawford at volvo.com
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:03:47 +0200
> Subject: [WWI] Albatross DIII (oeffag ser. 253)
> 
> I'm busy fiddling about with my Albatross DIII (oeffag) with the raised guns. I've done
> the fuel(?) control panel on the left cockpit side, and the aluminium box. After a lot of thinking
> I found a couple of photos, that show two big pipes that go into that box, and a square
> funnel thing just to the left of the gun. So my theory is that the spent cartridges eject from
> the machine gun on the left side, fall into the funnel, slide down the pipe and into the box
> which is good environmentalist thinking from the Austro-Hungarians.  Please tell me
> if this makes sense, otherwise I'm going to do it like that.
> 
> Also a request, does anyone have a photo of Peters Albatross DIII ser.253, it's the one
> depicted on the back of the JAPO book with the ying-yang symbol. I have that book, the
> datafile, and the FMP book, but can't find the photo that profile is based on. A  reference
> or a scan would be great.
> Best regards Neil
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