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Fokker DR1-Red Baron

3,793 monkeynutwingnut  7.7 years ago

my first tri-plane had to be the famous Fokker-DR1, very hard plane to land, landed once on sand out of lost count trying to land this plane, i have intergrated my 12 cylinder radial engine into the fuselage to make it look like the DR1, the plane levels out at high speed, 160+ mph, nice flight control, i did have the perfect shape on the tail, had to change to create a better yaw stabillity, the tail still swings a bit, this p[lane is famous for the german pilot known as the red baron who was feared by most pilots who come up against him, i cant see how a small plane with such a large wing placement and vertical yaw control can even fly, this plane has bugged me for about 3 days trying to get the flight controls balanced, ive got plane to the best i can for controllabillty

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 29.3ft (8.9m)
  • Length 31.6ft (9.6m)
  • Height 11.0ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 4,676lbs (2,121kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,994lbs (4,533kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.1
  • Wing Loading 17.0lbs/ft2 (82.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 589.5ft2 (54.8m2)
  • Drag Points 5625

Parts

  • Number of Parts 127
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 459