Morat Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 Suprised me! I knew it would be thicker than Alloy skins but 2.5cm is quite chunky. Super long link to ETSY sale of Mosquito bits It's not me selling, no commercial interest etc etc.
Bozon Posted December 4, 2021 Posted December 4, 2021 “Skin” is not the best word to describe it - more like “shell”. When people think of a wooden plane, most imagine something like a wooden frame covered with fabric or thin playwood, WWI bi-plane era style - That is not like the mosquito at all. The thick shell/skin of the mosquito was responsible for a considerable fraction of the structural strength and rigidness. This allowed DH to use less struts and bulkheads inside the structure (both fuselage and wings) and freed space for equipment. “Mosquitoes fly, but flies don’t Mosquito” :pilotfly: - Geoffrey de Havilland. ... well, he could have said it!
Morat Posted December 22, 2021 Author Posted December 22, 2021 Yes, it was more of a pure monocoque than a/c that had many ribs, stringers, bulkheads etc inside the stressed skin.
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