Fokker C.VII-W

what is it?

The Fokker C.VII-W was a reconnaissance seaplane built in the Netherlands in the late 1920s. Sharing elements of the highly successful C.V design, the C.VII-W was a conventional, single-bay biplane with wings of unequal span braced with N-struts. The undercarriage consisted of a standard twin-pontoon arrangement, and the fin and rudder continued through to the ventral side of the fuselage, creating a cruciform tail.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• size 1,415 kgmax take-off weight
• built 30made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1928

number built

30

role

reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Armstrong Siddeley Lynx

crew

2

length

10 m

wingspan

12.9 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

1,415 kg

top speed

160 km/h

cruise speed

130 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,600 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.