UK1 A8166 Sopwith One&OneHalfStrutter to RN N5236 to RBAF S8.jpg

[Joseph Testagrose]

[Bob Taylor]

Somebody help me out. What is the "half strut"?

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2014-08-07 02:13:58 +0000, Bob Taylor > said:

> Somebody help me out. What is the "half strut"?

You have to visualize the “One & a Half strutter” as a nick name. This
came about in the way the upper wing was attached to the fuselage. This
was done with a pair of short (half) struts and a pair of longer
struts. They formed a “W” when viewed from the front. The outboard
supporting struts were not part of this eccentric nick naming.

Remember this comes from the company which gave us the “Camel” because
of a hump over the gun cowl.

The pic below shows the struts.


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Regards,

Savageduck