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Zoe Brain
11-27-2011, 14:46
http://www.shapeways.com/openfile/392128/392128.v1.s17.convert.large.jpg

http://www.shapeways.com/openfile/392089/392089.v1.s17.convert.large.jpg

Boney10
11-27-2011, 14:50
Another Roland ??? hoorah , I like Rolands :)

Burt
11-27-2011, 14:53
Just spotted them myself but that will have to be another order.

Hunter
11-27-2011, 18:10
Yup, looks like another PayPal expenditure! :D:money::money:

check6
11-27-2011, 21:03
pity they didn't see much action, as they are such snazzy planes!

GilmoreDK
11-28-2011, 10:51
Such wonderful looking planes. And they saw much more action than for example the SSW DIV or the Fokker D.VIII. They were just in the shadow of the Fokker D.VII

For the more detail oriented - Here is an original american flight test from after the war (note that the speed reading is too slow as they used a wrong propeller): http://www.internetmodeler.com/references/roland_dvib.pdf

Some fine profiles for the D.VIa here http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/A6856B82A49A578494396F716C430116
It seems that the planes were given to the Bavarian Jastas...

- Svend

PilGrim
12-02-2011, 08:03
I just received one from Shapeways in error - I ordered a Berg! Which leaves 2 problems, how can I tell if mine is an "a" or a "b", and what deck to use??

Guntruck
12-02-2011, 08:35
The size of the balanced ailerons was slightly larger on the 'b' - it also had balanced elevators. If yours is the same as the pic above, I'd say it was an 'a'

PilGrim
12-02-2011, 08:38
Hi - Cheers - checked and its a "B"

Mike W
12-02-2011, 08:52
Such wonderful looking planes. And they saw much more action than for example the SSW DIV or the Fokker D.VIII. They were just in the shadow of the Fokker D.VII


With such similarity in appearance, allied sightings and combat reports of the Rolands may have listed it them at Albatros D.Vs.