Fokker V.4

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Fokker V.4
Fokker V.4 - Ray Wagner Collection Image (21251624410) .jpg
Type: Fighter plane
Design country:

German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire

Manufacturer:

Fokker

First flight:

1917

Commissioning:

-

Production time:

1917

Number of pieces:

3

The Fokker V.4 was a prototype of a German fighter aircraft from the First World War .

development

Inspired by the successful Sopwith triplane was Anthony Fokker of Reinhold Place a triplane construct. Two prototypes were built after an order from July 11, 1917 with the serial numbers 1729 and 1730 and delivered to the front for testing in mid-August, where they were tested as F I 102/17 and F I 103/17. The two aircraft differed from the later Dr.I only in small details . On September 23, 1917, the highly decorated fighter pilot Werner Voss with serial number 1730 was fatally shot down in an aerial battle.

Another already on June 13 in 1917 by the Austro-Hungarian georderter and -Military with cantilever equipped triplane wings with the serial number 1661 (later 101/17) was initially the factory designation D.VI, but was subsequently renamed V.4 and the end of August for evaluation sent to the Allgemeine Ungarische Maschinenfabrik AG (Magyar Általános Gépgyár) in Mátyásföld in Austria-Hungary , now a district of Budapest . A second D.VI with the work number 1697 received a straight horizontal tail edge and became the actual prototype of the Dr.I.

In the past, the self-supporting version was erroneously referred to as V.3 . The aviation historian Peter M. Grosz corrected this error in the development line.

Technical specifications

The third V.4 with self-supporting wings
Parameter Data
crew 1
span 6.21 m
length 5.75 m
height 2.95 m
Wing area 14.0 m²
Empty mass 346.4 kg
Takeoff mass 528.4 kg
drive a rotary engine Le Rhône
Starting power 110 hp (81 kW)
Fuel volume 75 l
Top speed 200 km / h
Rise time 2 min at 1000 m altitude
4.5 min at 2000 m altitude
8 min at 3000 m altitude
13 min at 4000 m altitude
20 min at 5000 m altitude
Armament two MG

literature

  • Peter M. Grosz, Volker Koos: Fokker Flugzeugwerke in Germany 1912–1921. Heel, Königswinter 2004, ISBN 3-89880-355-4 .

Web links

Commons : Fokker V.4  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Schuster, Achim Sven Engels: Fokker V.5 / Dr.I. The history of the Fokker three-decker. In: Flugzeug Profile , No. 19, Flugzeug Publikations GmbH, Illertissen, p. 6.