Fokker D.XIII

Fokker D.XIII
Fokker D.XIII in Lipetsk
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	Netherlands
Manufacturer:	Fokker
First flight:	September 12, 1924
Number of pieces:	50

The Dutch fighter aircraft Fokker D.XIII was a further development of the Fokker D.XI and arose from the experiences with the Fokker D.VII from the First World War . It was designed by Fokkers technical director and designer Reinhold Platz .

development

The main difference between the model and its predecessor, the D.XI, was the Napier Lion engine used instead of the less powerful Hispano-Suiza 8Fb. The first flight took place on September 12, 1924. On July 16, 1925, several speed and weight records could be set with a D.XIII. 50 aircraft of this type were built and used from 1925 onwards at the secret German air force base in the Soviet Lipetsk for training German and later also Soviet fighter pilots. When the base was closed in 1933, the Red Army received the remaining approximately 30 copies. Only one D.XIII was transferred to Germany. The Soviet designation for this type was I-39 or I-LD .

Technical specifications

Three-sided view

Parameter	Data
crew	1 pilot
span	11.53 m
length	7.30 m
height	2.90 m
Wing area	21.8 m²
Empty mass	1180 kg
Takeoff mass	1610 kg
drive	a Napier Lion XI (425 kW (approx. 580 PS)) with a 340 l tank in the upper wing
Top speed	271 km / h
Rise time	3.8 min
Summit height	8000 m
Range	575 km
Flight duration	3 h
Armament	two 7.92 mm rigid machine guns above the engine

literature

• Andrei Alexandrow, Gennadi Petrow: The German aircraft in Russian and Soviet service 1914–1951 . tape 1 . Flugzeug Publikations GmbH, Illertissen 1997, ISBN 3-927132-43-8 .
• Wilfried Copenhagen: Soviet fighters . Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1985, DNB  850798752 .

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