Fokker D.VI

Fokker D.VI
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Reinhold Platz
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	59

The Fokker D.VI was a German fighter aircraft built in limited numbers at the end of World War I. The D.VI served in the German and Austro-Hungarian air services.

Design and development

In late 1917, Fokker-Flugzeugwerke built two small biplane prototypes designated V.13. These aircraft combined a set of scaled-down D.VII wings with a fuselage and empennage closely mirroring those of the earlier Dr.I.^[1] The first prototype utilized an 82 kW (110 hp) Oberursel Ur.II rotary engine, while the second featured a 119 kW (160 hp) Siemens-Halske Sh.III bi-rotary engine.^[2]

Fokker submitted both prototypes at the Adlershof fighter trials in late January 1918.^[3] At that time, Fokker reengined the first prototype with the 108 kW (145 hp) Oberursel Ur.III.^[3] Pilots found the V.13s to be maneuverable and easy to fly.^[4] Idflieg issued a production contract after the V.13s were ultimately judged to be the best rotary powered entries of the competition.^[4]

Operational history

The new aircraft, designated D.VI, passed its Typenprüfung (official type test) on 15 March 1918.

Luftfahrtruppen

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In service, the D.VI was hampered by the low power of the Oberursel Ur.II.

Armistice

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Variants

V.13/1 : First prototype, powered by a 108 kW (145 hp) Oberursel Ur.III rotary engine
V.13/2 : Second prototype, powered by a 119 kW (160 hp) Siemens-Halske Sh.III rotary engine

Operators

Austria-Hungary

Luftfahrtruppen

German Empire

Luftstreitkräfte

Kingdom of Hungary

Royal Hungarian Air Force
- Postwar.

Romania

war of 1919.^[7]

Specifications

IdFlieg

General characteristics

Crew: one pilot

Length: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)

Wingspan: 7.66 m (25 ft 1 in)

Height: 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)

Wing area: 17.7 m² (190 sq ft)

Empty weight: 393 kg (866 lb)

Gross weight: 585 kg (1,290 lb)

Powerplant: 1 × Oberursel Ur.II , 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 197 km/h (123 mph, 107 kn)
Range: 300 km (186 mi, 162 nmi)
Endurance: 1 hours 30 minutes
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,680 ft)

Armament

2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in)
LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine guns

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Gray and Thetford 1962, p. 103.
^ Weyl 1965, p. 262.
^ ^a ^b Weyl 1965, p. 264.
^ ^a ^b Weyl 1965, p. 269.
^ ^a ^b ^c Weyl 1965, p. 271.
^ Gray and Thetford 1962, p. 102.
ISBN 9781902207261
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Bibliography

Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962.
ISBN 0-933852-71-1

Herris, Jack & Leckscheid, Jörn (2023). Fokker Aircraft of WWI: Volume 5: 1918 Designs, Part 1 - Prototypes & D.VI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 55A. n.p.: Aeronaut Books.
ISBN 978-1-953201-09-6
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Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Crescent Books, 1993.
ISBN 0-517-10316-8
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Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. London: Putnam, 1965.
ISBN 0-85177-817-8
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[Gray_p103-1] Gray and Thetford 1962, p. 103.

[Weyl_p262-2] Weyl 1965, p. 262.

[Weyl_p264-3] Weyl 1965, p. 264.

[Weyl_p269-4] Weyl 1965, p. 269.

[Weyl_p271-5] Weyl 1965, p. 271.

[Gray_p102-6] Gray and Thetford 1962, p. 102.

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