[WWI] Oeffag 153.52 (Brumowski) question

[Octávio Nuno]

Hello Tom,

 

Yes this airplane does have a door. But this is not the only airplane that
has this door. Well this is my theory:

 

-    This inspection panel only started to exist as a standard (with a round
cover) from series 153.112 onward.

-    On the previous series this panel does not exist (as a standard). But
some aircraft where modified on the field. You can see this square door on
the following aircraft:

o    53.60 – bottom photo on Page 18 (Japo book)

o    Unknown aircraft – page 44 (Japo) and page 5 (windsock datafile)

o    153.45 – top photo on page 8 (Windsock datafile)

-    Probably the aircraft I have mentioned previously were also modified
but had not received yet a cover panel. 

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Best regards,

Octávio

 

 

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Octavio, it also shows up on page 8 of the datafile.  In those photos it

looks like there is some sort of cover panel or door over the opening.  Odd

that it appears to be unique to that one aircraft

 

MrT

 

 

 

 

De: Octávio Nuno [mailto:octavio.mantua at sapo.pt] 
Enviada: quarta-feira, 6 de Janeiro de 2010 23:08
Para: 'wwi at wwi-models.org'
Assunto: Oeffag 153.52 (Brumowski) question

 

Happy 2010 to everybody,

 

I am currently building Brumowski’s 153.52 Oeffag. After analyzing various
pictures of Oeffags in the “Albatros D.II & DIII Oeffag” book by Japo and
“Windsock datafile 19” I found that this particular machine (and some
others) had on the right side of the fuselage (near the motor) a small
square hole. Apparently this “inspection panel” was not covered. 

 

You can see this in the following machines:

-          153.54 – photo on top of page 25 (Japo book)

-          153.52 – photo on page 35 (Japo book)

-          153.209 – bottom photo on page 12 (windsock datafile)

 

My question is: what was this “hole” used for? Would it not create some drag
in the speed of the aircraft?

 

Best regards,

Octávio 

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