Fokker Dr.I

Fokker Dr.I

Country: Germany

Type: Fighter

Manufacturer: Fokker

Service: 1917 - 1918

First Flight: 5 July 1917

Production: 320

The Fokker Dr. I Dreidecker (triplane) was a World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 20 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ( Dr. I)

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Wingspan: 23 ft 7 in (7.20 m)
Height: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Wing area: 201 ft (18.70 m)
Empty weight: 895 lb (406 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,292 lb (586 kg)
Powerplant: 1 x Oberursel Ur.II 9-cylinder rotary engine, 110 hp (82 kW)
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0323
Drag area: 6.69 ft (0.62 m)
Aspect ratio: 4.04

Performance

Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h)
Stall speed: 45 mph (72 km/h)
Range: 185 mi (300 km)
Service ceiling 20,000 ft (6,095 m)
Rate of climb: 1,130 ft/min (5.7 m/s)

Lift-to-drag ratio: 8.0

Armament

2 x 7.92 mm Spandau LMG 08/15 machine guns.