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1915
1915 - 0226.PDF
/OGHT APKIL 2, 1915. ANOTHER GERMAN SEAPLANE. THE B.F.W. (BRANDENBURGISCHEN FLUGZEUGWERKE). SINCE giving a description of some of the seaplanes entered for the Warnemunde-Scandinavia Seaplane Race, body, tapering almost to a point in the nose, where is housed the 150 h.p. Benz motor. The fuselage, how ever, is of somewhat unusual construction^ in that not only is it covered with three-ply wood, but it is strengthened internally with the usual diagonal cross-bracing. In the Three-quarter front view of B.F.W. seaplane which was postponed on account of the war, the following particulars are to hand of another machine designed specially for this contest—the B.F.W. seaplane. In its Albatros, it will be remembered, no internal cross- bracing of any sort is employed, the necessary stiffness being provided by the three-ply covering. In the B.F.W. seaplane the internal cross-bracing of the body has been employed to better prevent the fuselage from warping under the action of sea water. The resemblance to the Albatros biplanes will be easily understood when it is pointed out that this machine was built by Ingenieur The trolley used for transporting the B.F.W, seaplane from Its hangar down to the beach.l general lay-out, this machine follows the lines of other German biplanes of the tractor type, with which our readers are already familiar, having a rectangular section Tail planes and float of B.F.W. seaplane. Heinkel, who was formerly chief engineer to the Albatros firm. In the front portion the body is covered with a turtle-back of three-ply wood, finishing off behind the Three-quarter rear view of B.F.W. seaplane. 226
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