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1926
1926 - 0261.PDF
APRIL 15, 1926 B.M \\ engine * very neatly cowled in, and the sharp entry is box spars of Duralumin and ribs of steel tubing, the covering further improved by fitting a pointed spinner over the again being in the form of fabric. ESS" x 1 %PilOt 1S, s*uated ^mediately under the As regards the arrangement of the fuselage, the 220 h.p. top plane and aft of the pilot s seat the roof of the fuselage B.M.W. engine is, as already mentioned, mounted in therises steeply to meet the rear spar of the top plane. Notable extreme nose, and behind this is the cockpit for pilot and features of the machine, apart from the fitting of leading engineer. Aft of this again is a cabin having two windows in THE ALBATROS L 72 A : Rear view. The petrol gravity tanks are housed in the top centre-section. edge slots and slotted ailerons, are the high aspect ratio and the great distance from trailing edge of main planes to leading edge of tail plane, which is in the neighbourhood of three chord lengths. Both are features which should assist efficiency and stability, although it may be admitted that owing to the use of but a single pair of inter-plane struts the angles of the each side, and with two tip-up seats for those in charge of thedistribution of the newspapers. Should the machine be required as a passenger-carrier, the arrangement for droppingnewspapers can be removed and two extra seats substituted. Provision has also been made whereby the pilot, by pulling alever situated in his cockpit, can discharge the newspapers m m M The Albatros L 72 A : The ma- chine in flight. Note the open slots. m m m m wing bracing wires are somewhat small. These wires, by the way, are British streamline wires, a somewhat unusual feature on a German aeroplane. Constructionally the Albatros L 72a is of the all-metal type, with a fuselage built of welded steel tubing, diagonally braced by wire and covered with fabric, while the wings have at any desired moment, the arrangement provided including16 compartments, each containing a parcel weighing 10 kilo- grams. An indicator is also fitted in the pilot's cockpit sothat from this he can see how many parcels have already been dropped. At the moment it is not clear whether thetwo tip-up seats in the cabin are intended for occasional 229
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