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Post by kiwi on Apr 16, 2007 21:36:05 GMT 12
Does anyone know anything about this WW1 type seen in a hangar a Omaka a couple of years ago , what is it and what is its current status ?  |
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Apr 16, 2007 22:01:06 GMT 12
No picture showing....
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2007 22:12:28 GMT 12
Sorry Ryan, my fault, I am hosting the photo for Richard till he gets his own Photobucket sorted. I just hadn't caught up to him in getting the photo online. It's up now.
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Apr 16, 2007 22:32:04 GMT 12
Im not sure quite what it is, it doesnt look very big but there isnt much to compare it to.
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Apr 17, 2007 17:53:55 GMT 12
That aircraft is a Fokker D.IV.
It is not quite finished yet.
I wrote a story on it that appeared in aviation news last year.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 17, 2007 18:11:27 GMT 12
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Post by kiwi on Apr 17, 2007 18:18:00 GMT 12
Sorry to be a rivet counter but one has an inline and the other has a rotary ? However a Fokker DIV it is , there does not seem to be much info about these . Were they used in quantity ? And what made you choose to build this one ?
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Apr 17, 2007 18:27:42 GMT 12
Interesting photo but this is the actual aircraft and from memory its the only one in the world but dont quote me on that   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 17, 2007 18:37:02 GMT 12
Good point on the engines. I prefer the rotary actually. Still, that looks like another nice addition to the collection.
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Apr 17, 2007 21:30:11 GMT 12
The German Aif Force were the first airfroce to embrace the inline engines for there fighters
They were heavier but also allowed airframes to be more steamlined and were more reliable than the rotaries.
The D IV also has an interesting dorsal fin and itf it was removed it would have an almost identical rudder to a DR.1
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Post by kiwi on Apr 18, 2007 12:32:50 GMT 12
The two aircraft are not the same , as well as engines there is the fact that one has a two bay wing and the lack of fin on the rotary engined one . The cabine strut arrangement is also different . Is the rotary engined one possibly a Fokker DVI .
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 18, 2007 13:31:52 GMT 12
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