Message text I believe the Wings number is related to the wing area (measured in meters). The "13 meter nieuport" (aka Niuport 11 "bebe")has 13 wing boxes.
Almost all Blue max ratings are based on pure linear meaurements. This causes some inaccuracies in fuselage numbers too. Some planes (Pfalz D3, Rolland DVI) were tougher due to their consrtuction than others of the same length. The DH2 really benifits from the "1 box per foot" fuselage calculation, way beyond it's real fuselage. |
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