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Aviation History
1918
1918 - 0857.PDF
AUGUST I, 1918. THE PFALZ SINGLE-SEATER FIGHTER. 160 H.P. MERCEDES ENGINE. (Continued from page 827.) AT the stern the Pfalz body terminates, as shown in theillustrations in our last issue and^ further illustrated in detail in Fig. 6, in a somewhat elaborate framework of wood, whichperforms the various functions of forming supports for the tail plane, tail skid, and vertical fin with its rudder. The fin, and is reinforced above the body with other pieces of'"wood to give it a rounded edge. The last former is in duplicate, its front half extending upwards to form a memberof the fin, while the other half terminates just above the body and serves chiefly as a support for the short length of 1 Fig. 6.—Sketch showing mount- ing of the tail plane root on the Pfalz. The ply- wood covering of the root has been omitted for the sake of clearness,. design of this part of the body must have provided somepretty problems in projection drawing, and one is inclined to think that a little less rigid economy in metal fittingsmight have resulted in a considerably simpler design. The second former from the stern is, it will be seen from Fig. 6,sloped backwards to form the leading edge of the vertical spar to which the front spar of the tail plane is attachedBetween these two formers and sloping so as to form in side view a cross, are another two formers, built up in much ihesame manner as the main body formers. The angle formed by one of these and the longeron accommodates the leadajwt--r--edge of the small plane permanently fixed to the body.-wnile Fig. 7.—Some tail plane details of the Pfalz. 855 £-4
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