WW1 Planes
This page is dedicated to some of my WW1 planes - from air fighters to supply and personal transport, bombers, reconnaissance planes, multi-purpose planes, night fighter, ground attack planes and more. This includes the monoplanes to biplanes, triplanes, twin-engine planes and other types. I'll share it by order of creation.
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I is perhaps one of the most known aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke for the German Empire during World War I and one of the famous aircraft piloted by Manfred von Richthofen - the Red Baron. The triplane is known for its rotary engine and its three wings, making it highly maneuverable compared to its rivals; and, thanks to its two Maschinengewehr MG08, made it a fierce German plane to confront Allied planes. During World War I, the British introduced their Sopwith Triplane - superior to the German Albatross planes, despite being armed with a single Vickers machine gun. In April 1917, Anthony Fokker studied a captured British Sopwith Triplane while visiting the Jasta 11. In response to the new threat, Fokker instructed Reinhold Platz to build a triplane, although not giving any specifications from the British counterpart. The V.4 prototype was built for evaluation, but presented unacceptable high control forces from the use of unbalanced ailerons and elevators and lacked horn balances. After the tests, the V.5 was produced by Fokker - presenting horn-balanced ailerons and elevators, as well as longer-span wings. The V.5 also featured interplane struts, which were not necessary from a structural standpoint, but which minimized wing flexing. After the first flight on July 5, 1917, the Idflieg (Inspektion der Fliegertruppen - "Inspectorate of Flying Troops") issued an order for 20 pre-production aircraft. The first Dr.I that entered were issued to the Jasta 10 and Jasta 11 in August 1917. The aircraft proved to be superior to the Sopwith Triplane in maneuverability and firepower - consisting in two Maschinengewehr MG08; as well compared with the Albatros and Pfalz fighters. Despite these good characteristics, the triplane suffered from a series of issues from low quality materials, poor construction and the shortages of castor oil for the engine lubricants, with some crashes occurring that killed some of the pilots by October 1917 to the summer of 1918. Some corrective measures were taken to strengthen the wings, but the issues persisted, with NACA investigating the cause that crippled the Dr.I in 1929. The major cause for the accidents was the upper wing carrying a higher lift coefficient than the lower wing – at high speeds it could be 2.55 times as much. Production ended in May 1918 in favor of the Fokker D.VII, by which time only 320 Dr.I planes had been manufactured. Three models were preserved after the Armistice - including Serial 152/17, in which Manfred von Richthofen obtained three victories, but were destroyed during Allied bombing operations in World War II. There are several replicas built for individuals and museums. The aircraft made legends like the Red Baron and his brother Lothar von Richthofen, Werner Voss (or Voß), Kurt Wolff, Josef Jacobs and many other German pilots.
I plan to bring more content related to this page. Until I have the renders of the other planes, it will take a considerable time - which by the moment might be complicated due to my studies and job. Still, I hope you like this page, the images and the brief info about the planes I made.
See you next time.
My second Youtube channel:
My other Blogspot places:
My Instagram:
My ArtStation:
My Pixiv:
My Sketchfab:
My Twitter / X:
My Bluesky:
Note: Don't you dare to download these images and re-share it without my permission. If you do, please, leave the original author name.
Comments
Post a Comment