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1924
1924 - 0286.PDF
MAY 22, 1924 THE DIETRICH-GOBIET SPORT MONOPLANE 30-35 H.P. Haacke Engine A GERMAN "FORD OF THE AIR" AMONG the newcomers into the German aircraft industry is the Dietrich-Gobiet Flugzeugwerk A.G., of Cassel, who com menced by building small biplanes, not unlike the Fokker D.VII in general lines. One such machine was exhibited at the machines to be shown will be the D.P. VII shown in the accompanying illustrations. The D.P. VII is a low-wing monoplane with high-lift wing section. In spite of the fact that the wing is in one piece. ' THE DIETRICH-GOBIET D.P. VII : Front view. the Gothenburg Aero Show last year. This firm has now produced a small monoplane, intended to be a " Ford of the air," inasmuch as it can be built very cheaply in quantities and uses an engine of relatively low power, although the THE DIETRICH-GOBIET D.P. VII : Side view. Designed for cheap and rapid production, this machine will, it is hoped, become a "Ford of the air." An example may be exhibited at the Prague Aero Show 30-35 h.p. two-cylinder opposed air-cooled Haacke engine fitted places the machine rather outside the light 'plane class. Incidentally, the Dietrich-Gobiet firm is believed to be exhibiting at Prague, and it seems probable that one of and runs right through the fuselage, external bracing is employed, consisting of a pair of inverted Vee struts on each side, much after the manner of the de Havilland 53. Owing to the continuous spars, however, the stress distribution is of course, quite different in the Dietrich-Gobiet wing. The fuselage is, it will be seen, of rather unusual depth. This is probably a result of a desire on the part of the designers to obtain as good an angle as possible for the wing struts, and also comes in useful iu allowing the wing to be pushed through the fuselage above the bottom longerons. A somewhat similar arrangement is emplo red in the Udet machines, but there the lower longerons have a hinged sec tion which is opened to admit the wing. This necessitates raising the machine off the ground on trestles in order that the undercarriage may be swung out of the way. In the Dietrich-Gobiet, on the other hand, the opening in the sides of the fuselage is large enough to admit the wing section, and the wing can therefore be inserted or withdrawn without interfering with the under carriage at all. It is stated that the wing can be removed by the crew of the machine without outside assistance in a few minutes, and for transport a couple of padded trestles, normally carried inside the fuselage, are placed above the fuselage and the wing secured to them by steel straps. The THEiDIETRICH-GOBIET D.P. VII : Three-quarter rear view. 286
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