Fokker E.II

what is it?

The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft of World War I. The E.II was essentially a Fokker E.I with the 75 kW (100 hp) Oberursel U.I 9-cylinder rotary engine, a close copy of the French Gnôme Monosoupape rotary of the same power output, in place of the E.I's 60 kW (80 hp) Oberursel U.0, but whereas the E.I was simply a M.5K with a 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun bolted to it, the E.II was designed with the weapon system integrated with its airframe.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• size 500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 49made 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 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 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

1915-06-13

introduced

1915

number built

49

role

fighter

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Oberursel U.I

crew

1

length

7.2 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

500 kg

top speed

140 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.