Rigging nightmare

[Des]

And you guys think rigging the DH.2 or the Gotha is mind blowing, check this out, this is what I would call a riggers nightmare.

Des.

[WarrenD]

Looks like an aviation version of a push-me-pull-you.

Warren

[pepperman42]

Wheres the budgie?

Steve

[bobs_buckles]

I think the designer overdosed on coffee when he came up with that creation 

BVB

[Ian from Doncaster]

I dunno Des, having recently completed the Fee, I can't see a big problem!!!  What looks impossible from certain angles becomes much more manageable taken one part at a time.

Not sure I'd be keen for a ride in this one though, designed to land upside down?

[uncletony]

Obviously designed for operations Down Under.

[Chris Johnson]

Oh yes indeed, this would be an excellent scratchbuild subject for you Des. Pre-war design, oodles of rigging, and wire wheels to boot! What's not to like? I'll bet that reference material is next to non-existent too, so you'd have plenty of leeway. You know you want to build it!   

Cheers,

Chris

[coyotemagic]

I think it's more a pilot's nightmare than a rigging nightmare.  I wonder what they were thinking.
Cheers,
Bud

[Dekenba]

Wheres the budgie?

Steve

I'm looking for the giant elastic band.

[LindsayT]

"Yep. She wasn't the purdiest landing, but hey - rubber side down...rubber side up?"

[Dekenba]

Take a look at the rigging on a Fokker Spin, especially the Fokker Spin 3.

Absolutely unbelievable.

[Whiteknuckles]

Rigging, shmigging Des - piece of cake for you mate

Andrew

[GAJouette]

  I'm not sure just what the heck this thing is,whether a ground trainer or flight trainer. None the less it's a interesting type of what ever.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[IvotB]

That is a nice one for rigging.

I have a Fokker Spin (1:72) under construction which requires some similar work:



I haven't gone much farther than this:



It is an etched brass kit from Historic Wings. Unfortunately there are major design failures in the kit, which can be corrected but require a lot of work. For instance the rib spacing does not correspond to the spacing etched in the two wing girders. This is absolutely unneccesary. Also the white metal castings of the kit are rather off. Another modeller made a good building review and found thesame problems.

But it is the only decent kit of a Fokker Spin.

Ivo

[Des]

Nice work on the Spin Ivo, it would make a good scratch build project in 1:32 scale.

Here is another photo of the Grade-Eindecker. It was called the Grade Aerobatic by Hans Grade (photo - Archive; Eberhard Wreath). Looking at the plane it would be hard enough to just get it flying let alone do aerobatics, they were real guts men back in those days.

Des.