[WWI] albatros ribs

[Joe Huntley]

I beleive I have some factory drawings for either the DII or DIII will look 
see what they call for



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thayer Syme" <thayers at flyrc.com>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] albatros ribs


> At 01:36 PM 3/23/2009 -0300, you wrote:
>>A friend of mine asks:
>>Is it possible that the Albatros D series lower wing ribs would have a
>>thickness of 10mm plywood?
>>D.
>>wonder if he wants to build a full size replica, the bastard.
>
> Sounds like more than you need. A lot of homebuilt biplanes use 1/4 ply 
> for ribs, 6.35mm. bigger lightening holes will only do so much to make up 
> the difference.
>
> Thayer
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