Fokker E.I

Fokker E.I

Country: Germany

Type: Fighter

Manufacturer: Fokker

Service: 1915 - 1917

First Flight: 1915

Production: 54

The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft to enter service with the German Army Air Service - in mid-1915. Its arrival at the front marked the start of a period known as the Fokker Scourge during which the E.I and its Fokker Eindecker successors achieved a measure of air superiority over the Western Front.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ( E.I)

General characteristics

Crew: one, pilot
Length: 7.22 m (23 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in)
Height: 2.9 m (9 ft 5½ in)
Wing area: 15.9 m (172.2 ft)
Empty weight: 360 kg (789 lb)
Loaded weight: 563 kg (1,241 lb)
Powerplant: 1 x Oberursel U.0 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine, 80 hp (59.6 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph)
Range: 198 km at 110 km/h (123 miles at 68 mph)
Service ceiling 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
Rate of climb: 20 min to 2,000 m (6,560 ft)

Armament

1 x forward-firing Spandau LMG 08 machine gun