Fokker Eindecker fighters

what is it?

The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. 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 propeller without striking the blades. The Eindecker gave the German Army's Air Service (then the Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches) a degree of air superiority from July 1915 until early 1916.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• range 198 kmwithout refuelling
• size 610 kgmax take-off weight
• built 416made 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 9.5 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

1915-05-23

number built

416

role

fighter

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Oberursel U.I

crew

1

length

7.2 m

wingspan

9.5 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

610 kg

top speed

140 km/h

range

198 km

ceiling

3,600 m

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

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