Airborn Eindecker (1 Viewer)

[wwiibuff]

Eindecker EIII takes to the skies...

 

[villagehorse]

Never to be seen again. This plane looks so basic, amazing people had the guts to launch themselves into the air and expect to land safely again. John has once again done nice work on this piece. Robin.

 

[lancer]

Never to be seen again. This plane looks so basic, amazing people had the guts to launch themselves into the air and expect to land safely again. John has once again done nice work on this piece. Robin.

It is incredible that men could fly these wing-warpers and fight dogfights at the same time. Real guts. -- Al

 

[ivanmoe]

It is incredible that men could fly these wing-warpers and fight dogfights at the same time. Real guts. -- Al

The Eindecker's only edge in combat was the interruptor-gear that allowed its weapon to fire through the prop. Aerodynamically, it was a basket-case, the vices of which extended beyond the lack of ailerons that Al accurately cites.

Well before its time, the aircraft had a one piece "stabilator" like that employed on the F-86 decades later. Needless to say, the "feature" wasn't properly researched or engineered in 1915. This design imparted an all but uncontrollable tendency to oscillate or roller-coaster through the air as pitch control was far too sensitive, leaving pilots struggling to simply maintain a constant attitude. This is NOT a healthy characteristic in a gun platform. The Eindecker's primary successor, the Albatros, combined conventional control surfaces with the interruptor-gear and twin forward firing machine-guns, establishing a design pattern that was exhibited in just about every successful design that subsequently emerged in WW1 and for years afterward.

Great pic, Duke!{sm3}

-Moe

 

[wwiibuff]

The Eindecker's only edge in combat was the interruptor-gear that allowed its weapon to fire through the prop. Aerodynamically, it was a basket-case, the vices of which extended beyond the lack of ailerons that Al accurately cites.

Well before its time, the aircraft had a one piece "stabilator" like that employed on the F-86 decades later. Needless to say, the "feature" wasn't properly researched or engineered in 1915. This design imparted an all but uncontrollable tendency to oscillate or roller-coaster through the air as pitch control was far too sensitive, leaving pilots struggling to simply maintain a constant attitude. This is NOT a healthy characteristic in a gun platform. The Eindecker's primary successor, the Albatros, combined conventional control surfaces with the interruptor-gear and twin forward firing machine-guns, establishing a design pattern that was exhibited in just about every successful design that subsequently emerged in WW1 and for years afterward.

Great pic, Duke!{sm3}

-Moe

It is incredible that men could fly these wing-warpers and fight dogfights at the same time. Real guts. -- Al

Thanks guys. Is does look like a daunting task to be able to fly one of these. Thanks for the info Moe.

 

[wwiibuff]

Never to be seen again. This plane looks so basic, amazing people had the guts to launch themselves into the air and expect to land safely again. John has once again done nice work on this piece. Robin.

I think you and Al are right Robin, guts is a good word for it.

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Duke,

Really love how you've pulled off so many of these airborne photos. They look fabulous and very life-like!

This one is especially well done too. Keep them coming.

Mark

 

[wwiibuff]

Duke,

Really love how you've pulled off so many of these airborne photos. They look fabulous and very life-like!

This one is especially well done too. Keep them coming.

Mark

Thanks Mark. I've got more to come planned so thanks for the encouragement.