Fokker D.X

what is it?

Fokker D.X (or D.10, or V.40, or V-40) was a Dutch fighter aircraft designed after World War I. The chief designer at Fokker, Reinhold Platz, designed the Fokker D.VIII fighter in 1918. It was a parasol monoplane with cantilever wings, which was an uncommon feature of the time. Its rotary engine could only develop 82 kW (110 hp), but it had good flying qualities.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 225 km/htop speed
• size 1,250 kgmax take-off weight
• built 11made 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 105 years ago, in 1921.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14 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

1921

introduced

1923

number built

11

role

fighter

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8Fb

crew

1

length

8 m

wingspan

14 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

1,250 kg

top speed

225 km/h

range

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