Bracing (aeronautics)
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In aeronautics, bracing comprises structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may t
Interplane struts and bracing wires on a de Havilland Tiger Moth
Handley Page V/1500 multi-bay biplane
Parallel struts on a Sopwith Camel
V-struts on a Nieuport 10
Sopwith 1½ Strutter
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The Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter is a British single- or two-seat multi-role biplane aircraft of the First World War. It was the first British two-seat tractor fighter and the first British aircraft to ente
Bracing (aeronautics)
…bay, but has the midpoints of the rigging braced with additional struts; however, these are not structurally contiguous from top to bottom wing. The Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter has a W-shape cabane; however, as it does not connect the wings to each other, it does not add to the number of bays. Where an aircraft has a wing…
RAF Sopwith 1 1 2 Strutter
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplane aircraft taking off from a platform built on top of HMAS Australia's midships 'Q' turret. 1918
A preserved Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter at the RAF Museum, London, showing the W-form pairs of "1+1⁄2" struts that gave the aeroplane its name, and the centrally-mounted Vickers machine gun
A replica Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter in 1916 RNAS livery, flying at a 2006 air show