German three-plane fighter FOKKER Dr. I Red Baron COBI 2986 - Great War

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Do you know that ?:

• The first serial machines with the designation Dr. I were delivered to the front in a dismantled state on October 11, 1917 and the next day was the first aircraft ready to take off?
• The public is the Fokker Dr. I perceived as the most famous aircraft of the First World War, but did the machine actually have many technical shortcomings?
• A triplane design with an excess of lift allowed the pilot a wild maneuver, but the speed in the flight level was low and the dive flight slow?
• Also thanks to the rotary engine, the fighter was able to maneuver into right turns literally "on the pole"?
• Many aircraft were destroyed due to technical shortcomings, when, for example, a poorly calculated load on the upper wing caused it to collapse, or because the wing cover was torn off when the ice got wet?
• Another problem was the acute shortage of castor oil during the First World War, and the Voltol replacement lubricant caused numerous engine failures?
• Did the Fokker aircraft gain its fame mainly thanks to a German air ace named Manfred Albrecht free lord von Richthofen nicknamed the Red Baron with 80 victories?
• M. Richthofen was eventually shot down by an accidental bullet of Australian infantry during a low flight over the ground during a stubborn pursuit deep in enemy territory?
• The first serious injury from June 1917 with a bullet to the frontal lobe caused him a change of character and therefore he embarked on risky situations, which he would have previously solved by retreating?
• The plane was red simply because it had already been painted in the factory and not at the pilot's request, as legend has it?

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: wing span 7.19 m, length 5.77 m, height 2.95 m
• empty weight 406 kg, take-off 586 kg (of which engine 156 kg)
• power unit 9-cylinder rotary engine Oberursel UR. II with a volume of 15.07 L and an output of 110 hp
• maximum flight speed 185 km / h
• fall speed 72 km / h
• range 300 km
• access 6100 m
• climbing speed 5.7 m / s
• main weapon 2x synchronized machine gun Spandau MG 08/15 caliber 7.92 mm (1,000 rounds in total)
• firing rate up to 450 rounds / min.
• gun-reach 1,200 m