• One piece construction
• Top and bottom wing alignment is built into model
• Scale dihedral, includes in wing ailerons
• Fuselage built from laser cut formers and side balsa with lightening holes
• Top and bottom stringers
• Laser cut balsa dummy engine and exhaust manifold included
• Dummy Spandau machine gun kits included
• Laser cut IP struts (can be used as templates for bass or spruce)
• Laser cut tail parts included
• Balsa and plywood wheel kit with Neoprene foam rubber tire material included

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The DIII was introduced to improve maneuverability. The French Nieuport was not a true biplane. Rather it was a sesquiplane or one and a half wing design. The feature gave improved downward visibility and greater agility in the air. Captured Nieuports were sent to the Albatros-Flugzeugwerke GmbH and the design was incorporated into the new Albatros DIII. The design also featured the single spar in the lower wing which was the cause of Nieuports wing failure problems in steep dives. This propensity also followed into the DIII. Manfred von Richtofen flew the DIII and found that his lower wing cracked. For a month, he flew a Halberstadt DII however, he returned to fly the DIII believing it to be superior even with the shortcomings of the weak wing.