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The M.19 featured the Oberursel U.III 14-cylinder, two-row rotary engine, combined with the two-bay wing cellule of the Fokker D.I. [1] The U.III engine, first used in the Fokker E.IV, required a revised fore-and-aft mount and a strengthened fuselage. [1] The prototype M.19 arrived at Adlershof for testing on 20 July 1916.
Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; lit. ' Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker ') was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft. During its most successful period in the 1920s ...
The Fokker designs were only barely beaten by the Siemens-Schuckert D.III with the complex bi-rotary Siemens-Halske Sh.III engine and the V.26 was ordered into production as the Fokker E.V. Four hundred were ordered immediately with either the Ur.III or Goe.III.
Fokker D.VI. The new aircraft, designated D.VI, passed its Typenprüfung (official type test) on 15 March 1918. [5] The production aircraft utilized the Oberursel Ur.II, which was the only readily available German rotary engine.
Data from German Aircraft of the First World War, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), The Complete Book of Fighters General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) Wingspan: 8.43 m (27 ft 8 in) Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) Wing area: 18.84 m 2 (202.8 sq ft) Empty weight: 523 kg (1,153 lb) Gross weight: 725 kg (1,598 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh.III ...
Fokker M.17 prototype. The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of World War I.It was a single-seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I.It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and shorter span than production D.IIs.
The Airdrome Fokker D-VI is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War German Fokker D.VI fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines. [1]
The Airdrome Fokker D-VIII is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War German Fokker D.VIII fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines. [1]