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Fokker D.VI
This is, perhaps, the finest example of a CFS2 WW1 aircraft available today for freeware. Although I must admit that I download few WW1 aircraft, the Fokker D.VI with its photograph-like realism and incredible details are simply amazing.
All files created by Mark William Steckel, except for those noted below:
- Dave Eckert's pilot figure.
- Microsoft's stock Sopwith gauge file, with bmp modifications by me.
Excerpts from the book "Fokker: The Creative Years" by A.R. Weyl:
"The Fok. D.VI saw little operational use on any major front. Its perfomance in speed and climb was not good enough; and it was slow to accelerate in a dive. On July 1, 1918, only twenty-one Fok. D.VIs were in operational use; on September 1 the total was twenty-seven. After this date all aircraft of this type were relegated to home-defense and training units." "Its engine installation was similar to that of the Fok. Dr.I. The DVI undercarriage was almost identical with that of the early production D.VII, and it was identical with that of the Fok. E.V. or D.VIII." "In all, about sixty Fok. D.VIs were supplied to the Army, [...] none were acquired by the Navy."
Technical Data for Fokker D.VI
Manufactured from March 1918 to June 1918
Aircraft: Fokker D.VI
Year: 1917
Engine: 1 x "Rhon" 110 hrs.pwr.
Wingspan: 7.66 m
Length : 6.19 m
Weight: 392 kg/582 kg
Max. speed: 201 km/h
Ceiling: 5940 m
Crew: 1
Armament: 2 x machineguns
Note on Above Image: To show the rotary engine detail, I slewed up to 4,000 feet with the engine off.
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