#4328427 - 01/14/17 02:20 AM
Re: Praise for OvStachel
[Re: hoongadoonga]
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Hey, guys! That placard was stenciled near the leading edge on DIIIs, DVs, DVas. Perhaps the D.I, but I can't remember if so; I'll go through some photos, too, and look. That location can be considered standard, although the location is VERY hard to see in most photos, so the "Nicht Auftreten!" is often out of view. There could be an anomaly where one was in the location in the screenshot (and love to see the photo! Can't have too many Alb photos) but it wasn't standard. Besides, any damn fool knew not to stand on the trailing edge of a lower Albatros wing, well away from the spar! On the leading edge, the placards are by the wheels. Guys would grab the center section strut/step up on the tire, and then the next natural step would be onto the wing. Hence, the warning not to step there because the spar to support their weight was further aft. Here's a D.III with them plainly visible (if you save the image and open it full size): Great view of one on a DV: EDIT: I didn't think there were any on the D.I, and I just went through a bunch of photos and saw none. Same with the D.II. Seems logical to me, since those planes had two spars in the lower wing and the forward spar was closer to the leading edge than that of the single-spar D.III. Thus, although I have no documented proof of this, common sense suggests guys used to standing on the D.I/D.II's front spar were in danger of falling through/otherwise damaging the wings of later Albatros models with single-spar lower wings. Hence need for the warning on D.IIIs, etc.
Last edited by JFM; 01/14/17 02:36 AM.
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#4329053 - 01/17/17 12:50 PM
Re: Praise for OvStachel
[Re: hoongadoonga]
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Hello! OVS, of course I'm familiar with the photos of that airplane, so thanks for the reminder! I can't say if it was factory or field applied--its rarity suggests the latter--but I *can* say that based on thousands of Albatros photos, that location was used infrequently. I said before that any damn fool knew not to stand on the trailing edge of an Alb wing, but apparently one or two DID and based on that experience this warning was needed. Let's go through our photos and see if we can find more with stencils in that rear location. BTW, why did you include the photos of the D.IIIs?
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