Yet another "What is this"....

[Hauksbee]

I've had Hansa-Brandenburg W29's on my mind these last few days. Started collecting reference so I can build one of my own. Found the following picture. What is the thing sticking up from the wing? Doesn't appear to be a pitot tube. Looks more like a hose connection on the lawn, valve on top. Of all the pictures I've found, this is the only one that shows this on the wing.

[Flyby PC]

Don't know, but found another wing anomoly. I notice both pics are models, so somebody out there will know...

[Flyby PC]

Woops. Seem to have lost the right type of aircraft too....

[Hauksbee]

...found another wing anomoly.

I've seen this before. Has something to do with balancing ailerons, or preventing flutter...it'll come to me in a bit. Maybe.

 

Nice model. What plane is it?

Edited May 24, 2009 by Hauksbee

[Flyby PC]

Let me redeem myself.... Anemometer. See fouth piccy from the bottom.

 

http://www.geocities.com/msheftall/hansa.html

[+RAF_Louvert]

Yuppers Flyby, that's it exactly! Four little cups that catch the wind and spin as the plane moves through the air, which gives you a reading on the dial just below them facing the pilot. Simple and relatively accurate.

 

Cheers!

 

Lou

[Hauksbee]

Let me redeem myself.... Anemometer.

 

Now that's redemption! Great pictures...if a bit blurry. But there's scads of fresh detail. Thanks much!

[+Olham]

More Hansa Brandenburgs from 1918. One even on skies - both Finnish, it seems.

[Hauksbee]

More Hansa Brandenburgs from 1918. One even on skies - both Finnish, it seems.

 

Thanks for the pics. Anybody know how the Finns settled on the swastika before the Germans? Most times it sits squarely like the pic. on the left, but this is the first I've seen it cocked, German style, like in the right pic.

[+Olham]

Here are two excerpts from WIKIPEDIA text about the swastika.

 

Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. It occurs mainly in the

modern day culture of India, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol.

It remains widely used in Eastern religions / Dharmic religion such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

 

In Finland the swastika was often used in traditional folk art products, as a decoration or magical symbol on

textiles and wood. Certain types of symbols which incorporated the swastika were used to decorate wood;

such symbols are called tursaansydän and mursunsydän in Finnish. Tursaansydän was often used until 18th century,

when it was mostly replaced by a simple swastika.

 

The swastika only got a "bad name" after the Nazis used it. In fact, is was much, much older.

[Hauksbee]

Here are two excerpts from WIKIPEDIA text about the swastika.

 

Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. It occurs mainly in the

modern day culture of India, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol.

It remains widely used in Eastern religions / Dharmic religion such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

 

In Finland the swastika was often used in traditional folk art products, as a decoration or magical symbol on

textiles and wood. Certain types of symbols which incorporated the swastika were used to decorate wood;

such symbols are called tursaansydän and mursunsydän in Finnish. Tursaansydän was often used until 18th century,

when it was mostly replaced by a simple swastika.

 

The swastika only got a "bad name" after the Nazis used it. In fact, is was much, much older.

 

I knew that the swastika was chosen because it was a simple, bold symbol, with ancient roots, and traditionally associated with good fortune. It's interesting to find that it runs strong in Finnish folk tradition.