The Camel 'tapered gap'

[JimAttrill]

The Camel was easy to recognise in the skies of WWI because it had a 'tapered gap' between the wings.  Theory of the time was that the gap should always be the same and about the same as the wing chord.  But the designer of the Camel wanted to make the top wing in one piece with no dihedral.  So they just doubled the dihedral of the bottom wing

 

And even when they started to make the top wing in three pieces they left the arrangement as it was. 

 

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[rjw]

The Camel was easy to recognise in the skies of WWI because it had a 'tapered gap' between the wings.  Theory of the time was that the gap should always be the same and about the same as the wing chord.  But the designer of the Camel wanted to make the top wing in one piece with no dihedral.  So they just doubled the dihedral of the bottom wing

 

And even when they started to make the top wing in three pieces they left the arrangement as it was. 

 

(Useless information department)

 

Say Jim,...I have a tapered gap too!! Will that make me fly better!!!