Fokker dr1 417 with karl bolle getting ready for a flight of jasta 2. This page was last edited on 30 august 2015, at 04. The fokker dr1 triplane history the fokker dr1 triplane was designed by reinhold platz and manufactured by fokkerflugzeugwerke in schwerin, germany. I dreidecker, triplane in german, often known simply as the fokker triplane. Though the allies won the war and the glory, the germans gave us one of the most famous airplanes of the great war. Redfern replica fokker dr1, gbefr, 20 july 1995 gov. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction and is available in two versions, a fullsized and a 34 scale replica. Fokkerdr1 3d models ready to view, buy, and download for free.
Download the designs source files for use on your own 3d printer. The original zip file provided by neoqb has been repacked into. This site is dedicated to document the pictorial history of the 320 fokker dr. Page 3 of 5 the fokker dr1 fm revisited posted in free subject. The fokker triplanes were given the military designation dr. I for fsx by neoqb beautiful rendition of the fokker dr.
If you dont have it, click below to download it freely from adobe. In late october 1917 lieutenants gontermann and pastor were killed when their dr. Im very new to this line of modeling and to this forum, and it looks like a place to gather some fantastic historical details on the old warbirds. I dreidecker, triplane in german, often known simply as the fokker triplane, was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokkerflugzeugwerke. Rodens kits can be a bit fiddly to assemble, but in this scale it was not a major problem, even if forward planning is really important. How the red barons knockoff aircraft became the first. This is a representation of the fokker dr1 triplane he flew that day, the last in the triology of triplanes, and thus, was born a legend. The following is a list of modifications i made to the revell 128 fokker dr. Fokker dr1 aerofred download free model airplane plans. These plans consist of two filesa scaled assembly drawing that shows how everything fits together and a drawing with fullscale parts templates. The airdrome fokker dr1 is an american amateurbuilt aircraft, designed and produced by airdrome aeroplanes, of holden, missouri. However, a photo of richthofens final aircraft shows a crash pad across the back of the guns which wouldve obscured any instruments there.
Textures only for the model by neoqb development team. I was germanys response to the british sopwith triplane, which had been used with great success during the battle of arras in april 1917. Fokker triplane which was shot down by a flight of se5s. Mar 20, 2015 page 3 of 5 the fokker dr1 fm revisited posted in free subject. You will see that the top speed of the rof plane is not its. We are happy to announce the final edition of the dr.
I dreidecker triplane was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokkerflugzeugwerke. I am kind of slammed right now, but soon or later ill install fsx and try the dr. View and download great planes fokker dr1 instruction manual online. Fokker flugzeugwerke mbh, schwerin in mecklenberg designation. Fast download speeds faster pages no ads in main site and more.
Jason, could you arrange for written permission to upload the neoqb dr. It was developed, in response to britains sopwith triplane, as a ww1 fighter aircraft and. The fokker dr1 fm revisited page 3 free subject rise of. I triplane was germanys most famous fighter aircraft in world war one. I dreidecker triplane was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokker flugzeugwerke. I started the build late november 2012 and the plan is to have them ready for the mid atlantic dawn patrol m. Karl bolle was a german fighter ace with 36 aerial victories during world war i. The push rods were moulded onto the cylinder heads so they had to be removed and the slots on the cylinders carefully rescribed. It really beats the pants of the old revell kit in terms of accuracy and detail, even if there are some issues to be dealt with. As i am particular interested in the personalities of the fighter aces, i have chosen to document the aircraft of two german ones, lothar. The limited forward visibility from the triplane meant the pilot could not see the edge marker. The fokker dr1 plans is supposed to be scaled correctly, a good way to be sure about this it to open it with adobe pdfreader and measure the parts checking if they fit together.
Model airplanes viewing fokker dr1 scale model cad plan. When one crashed behind german lines, it was stripped down and studied at great. The tiny fokker triplane has emerged as the most famous of all german planes of the first world war. In early 1917, the british sopwith triplane began flying in combat, so the german high command requested that a triplane be developed for their use. Fokker dr1 plans aerofred download free model airplane plans. The credits are a way to recognize work done with the plans, may be scanning, tracing, cleaning, restoring, scaling the fokker dr1 model airplane plan. He became a jagdstaffel commander during that war, and an advisor to the luftwaffe during world war ii.
Plan listing thumbnail prev next plan this is the fokker dr. Includes an addon scenery, lftc korney tchukovsky memorial af, for your enjoyment. The plan set comtains 25 sheets of paper, size a0 92cm x 61 cm. You will see that the top speed of the rof plane is not its main issue. This article shows two results of my colour research for my fokker dr. Redfern, eaa 143, and first flown on july 24, 1964. The fokker dr1 fm revisited page 3 free subject rise. Fokker dr1 plans aerofred download free model airplane. Welcome to were i have developed this site to research and identify.
Aaib investigation to replica fokker dr1, gdrei gov. I was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokkerflugzeugwerke. The great planes model has a total wingspan of 6014 1524 mm. The triplane is arguably the most recognizable fighter of world war i.
Official plane skin templates by neoqb wings of honor where. During his brilliant but short exploits in august 1918 he flew many fokker d. To celebrate the centenary of ww1, we modeled the fokker dr. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Fly the maneuvers as chill is performing them in his videos. Some are quite clear and complete others perhaps less useful for your needs. The parts template is posted in both tiled and nontiled formats. Free fsx rise of flight ww1 triplane from the creators of rise of flight the neoqb development team offers an fsx sp2 compatible fokker dr.
Membership is totally optional and you can still freely download files at a speed of 50kbps. Fokker 3d models for download, files in 3ds, max, c4d, maya, blend, obj, fbx with low poly, animated, rigged, game, and vr options. The aircraft is a replica of the first world war german fokker dr. It has since then been rebuilt from the ground up for fs2004 and now is a completely new model in every way. You have to buy them from his son, also ron sands in america and by law, you can built one dreidecker with on set of plans. It really beats the pants of the old revell kit in terms of accuracy and detail, even. I triplane listing page, here you can download the plan, article and see the main thumbnail and extra images. The red baron adapted for fsx by jan eriksmann installation. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Fokker dr1 plans download sterling pdfbitmap 1728kb. Ron sands in america made some of the best plans for the fokker dreidecker in the seventies. The featured machines constitute two fine examples of the dr. If one had to assign a percentage factor to this fame, about ten percent comes from the fact that it was the mount in which the leading german ace, baron. The dr1 saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. The fokker dr1 was built by simtech flight design ltd in the year 2001. I was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokker flugzeugwerke. Aerotec model engineerings fokker dr1 triplane any aviation buff knows well the history of the fokker dr1 triplane. Screenshot of fokker dr1 triplane old rhinebeck in flight. Lycoming and lerhone installations are also shown in drawings.
You can just see them in the photo above of patrick chungs model which was built as designed. It was developed, in response to britains sopwith triplane, as a ww1 fighter aircraft and was fitted with 2 spandau img 08 machine guns. Every single part of this kit was modified in some way. This wingspan makes this model eligible to participate in imaa events. English and russian are included as adobe pdf documents. How the red barons knockoff aircraft became the first great. Simviation premier members enjoy fast downloading and fast access. Many concepts were tried in an effort to produce aircraft that outperformed the enemy.
The fokker dr i triplane was a remedy to this problem. You will need acrobat reader to open this pdf file. Nov 28, 2001 the fokker triplanes were given the military designation dr. I dreidecker, triplane in german, often known simply as the fokker triplane, was a world war i fighter aircraft built by fokker flugzeugwerke. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Fokker dr1 triplane old rhinebeck for fsx fly away simulation.