[WWI] Rib Taping

[Andy Bannister]

Maybe it has something to do with the structure? The Camel's ailerons were
wooden, the D.VII's metal. Albatros also have control surfaces made of metal
tube and they don't have rib tapes either...
 
Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk <http://www.warpedplastic.co.uk/>  
 

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Landon
Sent: 17 December 2008 04:09
To: WWI Models
Subject: Re: [WWI] Rib Taping


Why would some WWI aircraft like the Camel have rib taping on the ailerons,
and not the DVII?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/landoni/2418217690/in/set-72157604343185090/

Jim


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From: jmikl2957 at iqmail.net
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:35:16 -0800
Subject: [WWI] Rib Taping


I just got started on an Eduard Fokker D.VII Dual Kit and discovered that
the Aviprint decal sheet includes rib tape decals for the ailerons.  I'd
always thought that the rib tapes were excluded from the ailerons,
presumably because the chord was small enough so that rib tapes weren't
necessary.
 
Should I apply the rib tap decals to the kits' ailerons?...
 
                                        Mike
 

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