Original Sopwith Triplane
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The Sopwith Triplane had a major advantage in roll control over its counterpart the Fokker Dr. I, as all three wings had functional ailerons (vs. the top wing only for the Dr. I, a likely factor in Werner Voß' flat-turn tactics on his last flight vs. multiple SE-5's). Lessons from the Tripe were put into the Camel biplane.
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God bless Canada -- you know who your friends are when the chips are down. Some seriously great WW1 aces, and as for the "tripe," a very successful aircraft. The Germans based their Fokker triplane on it, the red one that was famous for carrying von Richthofen to his death.
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As to some of the comments--My Sopwith blueprints show the 2 vickers installation--this was late in production--the fuselage diam. is the same as the Camel, since both were designed to use the 130 HP Clerget--Black flight was all Canadian:Sharman,Nash,Alexande
r, Reid and Collishaw were all citizens of Canada -
Ray Collishaw flew "Black Maria" with No 10 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service. I find it hard to fathom just how two side-by-side Vickers .303 machine guns could have beeen made to fit between the centre struts. Impossible I'd say. Collishaw was born in BC but it was largely but not uniquely populated by Canadians so was not a Canadian Squadron by any stretch of the imagination.
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I seem to recall reading that the first 6 "Tripes" had 2 guns then went back to the old 1 gun setup.
You're right about the RNAS.
I don't know if they were in the RNAS but it was the Canadian "Black Flight" that made this plane such a terror.
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This is my re-production triplane at the 2007 Dayton fly-in--I am flattered that someone thought it was an original--Bill Woodall
billn6291 3 years ago
Bill, You have had me fooled and for the better! You did a great job on this triplane! I am building a Baslee Nieuport 17 and my dad and I are planning to attend this flyin next year...Will you be there?
Nieuport17flyer 3 years ago
Sorry old chap. The Sopwith Triplane was a completely different aircraft than the Sopwith Camel in configuration and armament. The Camel had two synchronised .303 Vickers Machine Firing through the propeller, The Tripe or Tripehound had one. The Camel was a later model biplane. There were only 152 Triplanes built and were mostly in service with the RNAS. The Camel was built by the thousands much later in World War One.
ExRAFbod 4 years ago
thank you for the information....I didnt know much about it...I am a Nieuport guy, but i will be sure to change the title.
Nieuport17flyer 4 years ago