[WWI] albatros ribs

[Joe Huntley]

All I can find showing the thickness is 8MM Linden web on one of the lower 
wing ribs so I am guessing they were only 8MM then they were capped with 3MM 
thick ash capstrips and the riblets were 4MM linden with the 3MM thick 
capstrips

These coming for the DII from the Stanley Teachman drawings




----- 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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