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The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. [2] Developed in April 1915, the first Eindecker ("Monoplane") was the first purpose-built German fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the ...
The Bristol M.1 Monoplane Scout was a British monoplane fighter of the First World War. It holds the distinction of being the only British monoplane fighter to reach production during the conflict. During mid-1916, work commenced at Bristol on a new fighter aircraft as a private venture, headed by aeronautical engineer Frank Barnwell.
3.5 Dr & F types (Dreidecker – triplane fighters) 3.6 E types ( Eindecker – armed monoplanes) 3.7 G & K types ( Grossflugzeuge – large bombers, originally Kampfflugzeuge – battleplane)
Although the first successful aircraft were biplanes, the first attempts at heavier-than-air flying machines were monoplanes, and many pioneers continued to develop monoplane designs. For example, the first aeroplane to be put into production was the 1907 Santos-Dumont Demoiselle , while the Blériot XI flew across the English Channel in 1909 ...
M-8 Production variant for the United States Army Air Corps, two prototypes, 5000 cancelled. M-8-0 One M-8 for evaluation by the United States Navy (A5631) and ten production aircraft (A5637-A5646). M-8-1 Second production variant for the United States Navy, 36 built by the Naval Aircraft Factory (A5701-A5710; A5761-A5786). M-8-1S
Data from War Planes of the First World War: Volume Three Fighters General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) Wingspan: 28 ft 10 in (8.79 m) Height: 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m 2) Empty weight: 889 lb (403 kg) Gross weight: 1,420 lb (644 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9J nine-cylinder rotary engine, 110 hp (82 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 113.5 mph (182.7 ...
The Fokker E.V was a German parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.The E.V was the last Fokker design to become operational with the Luftstreitkräfte, entering service in the last months of World War I.
After more flying at Larkhill the prototype, later referred to as the Scout A, was returned to the factory at Filton and fitted with larger wings, increasing the chord by six inches (15 cm) and the span from 22 ft (6.71 m) to 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m). These were rigged with an increased dihedral of 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 °.