Was leafing through an old issue of Air International, and happened on there Fighters A - Z. One of the fighters illustrated there was the Roland Dr.I. While it was ultimately a failure, it still looks intriguing.
Anyone know more on this?
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Been wondering about this
maxmwill
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 01:53 PM UTC
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 07:49 PM UTC
It was one of several Triplane confiurations that never passed the prototype stage. There is an image in the Evan Hadingham book titled "The Fighting Triplanes". It had the Rol.D.VI fuselage as a basis. I would have to check to see if it was an "a" or 'b". The "b" was slightly wider in the nose area.
maxmwill
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 07:59 PM UTC
I don't know if Glenoce still has their "Never fighting ladies" line of model kits(had the Floh, but never got another after that), but was this kitted under that line?
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 08:37 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:12 AM UTC
No, it was a Glencoe kit. And it was 1/48, which made it a rather small model, as the full size Floh was quite small. Unfortunately, since then, the kit has been misplaced, as I can't find it after looking as much as I can.