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HT of the body. A large portion of the cylinders projects through the covering, and must hamper the gunner's view very considerably, especially as the exhaust collector rises up above the top plane. The radiator r FEBRUARY 15, 1917. carriage. The two front chassis struts are cross- braced by means of cables, eyebolts into which the cables are spliced doing service as terminals and strainers at the same time by passing through the y \i ii 1 2o"6' y\ X / -- \ i < N 1 The general arrangement of the upper and lower planes of the1916 Aviatlk biplane. , . • The wing section of the 1916 Aviatik biplane. is n« longer, as in the earlier types, mounted on the sides of the body, but supported on brackets on the front struts of the cabane, yet not let into the top plane as is the case with that of the L.V.G. biplane. The oil tank, which has a capacity of about 4! gallons, is placed above the reserve petrol tank, on the left side of the engine. In conformity with general modern German practice the under-carriage is of the simple Vee type-; differing, however, from the majority of other makes in that the front and- rear chassis struts do not quite meet at the bottom, where they are attached to a short horizontal tube which serves as an anchorage for the shock absorbers.. The latter consist of rubber rings, one strand of which is taken below the axle instead of above it in order to form a buffer between the axle and the elliptical tube connecting the apices of the two Vees of the under- The 1916 Aviatik Biplane Theattachment of the interplane struts by ball and socket joint, and theanchorages for the bracing cables. lower horizontal—or skid—portion of the chassis. In the rear bay of the under-carriage bracing is effected The tail planes and balanced rudderon the~1916 ]>_ Aviatik biplane. by a single cable running across horizontallyjfrom the strut^on one side to the corresponding strut on the Rear view of the 1916 Aviatik fighting biplane. 154
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