[WWI] Martinsyde Buzzard info

[Mikko Saarela]

I went trough the DF photos and all photos of the Finnish Martinsydes and I 
can't see any difference in the strut arrangements. I think you can trust 
the DF drawings.

Mikko


> Paul:
>
>> Bear in mind also the final paragraph by the man who drafted the Windsock
>> plans, which goes in part, after listing the museum example's differences
>> 'Many photos shoe some or all of these alteations on other Buzzards in
>> Finnish service, although the bulged cowling may not have been general.'
>>
> True. I have not Buzzard DF and can't comment on the quality or
> significance to the modeller of these alterations, nor am I familiar
> enough with photos of Buzzards in RAF service to judge if these existed
> in the RAF machines. If I remember correctly, all 300-something (?)
> Buzzards ever produced were made by Martinsyde, so the usual differences
> in licence production don't apply.
>
> I don't, however, believe that the position of the wing struts would
> have been changed in Finland.
>
> Jan
>


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