Manufacturing Technology Fokker DR1 Tri-plane

Manufacturing Technology
Fokker DR1 Tri-plane
While it remains the most famous airplane of World War One, only 320
of the Fokker DR1 Triplane were built (compared to thousands of Spads,
Nieuports, Albatroses, and Sopwith Camels) Inspired by the devastating
performance of the Sopwith Triplane, Anthony Fokker designed and built
the Dr.1 Dreidecker, and delivered the first tri-planes to Manfred von
Richthofen's Jagdgeschwader I in late August 1917. After a brief
familiarization flight, the "Red Baron" took aircraft number 102/17 up on
September 1, and promptly shot down a British R.E.8 of No. 6 Sqn, whose
crew probably thought the three-winged craft was a friendly Sopwith.
Country:
Germany
Year:
1917
Quantity Mfg:
Wingspan
Engine: LeRhone or Obersurel
Length:
Horsepower:
Top Speed:
110
320
23'-7"
(7.19m)
18'-11" (5.77m)
120 MPH
(165km)