Junkers Ju 52/3m engine mounting angle

[ArtieBob]

Dear Graham,

I truly believe you are beating a dead horse. I looked through a few (approx. 200 photos) of Ju 52s. IMHO ( but over 60 years of looking fairly closely at aircraft of all types), the outboard engines are canted as every official drawing of Ju 52s I have seen shows. Please read my first post, it is very difficult to accurately measure (or interpret) linear or angular dimensions of aircraft from photographs. In the case of the Ju, in some photos the leading efge of the wing appears to be perpendicular to the direction of flight. This is not true, as IIRC. all versions of the Ju 52 have double tapered wings, but I believe the dihedral in the wings creates an optical delusion that makes it appear the leading edges of the right and left wing are parallel. Of course, since you don't accept any information offered thus far, one may then go and look at the example at the USAF museum and convince yourself .

Best regards,

Artie Bob