1:6 Scale Foamy DFW T.28 Floh
This 1:6 scale experimental German WWI Advanced Fighter the DFW T.28 Floh (Flea). The 1 bay High Speed Fighter. I may end up being more Limited in Space for the Trip to FF and to gain More Real Estate in the vehicle, I have designed this qualified Alternate for my original submission to the Dawn Patrol Challenge.
Who is this for:
- Me
- Those that are Not ready to turn 12 sheets of Foam Board into a 8' monster, or
- Those not ready to build a hot wire cutter, to shape the XPS sheets.
- Someone limited on space for bigger craft.
The DFW T.28 Floh (English: Flea) was a small German biplane fighter prototype designed by Hermann Dorner, the designer of the successful Hannover CL.II two-seat fighter of 1917, and built by Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke.[1] Designed in 1915 as high-speed fighter, the Floh had a small 6.20 m (20.3 ft) wingspan and a rather ungainly tall and thin fuselage.[1] With a fixed conventional landing gear the Floh was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Mercedes D.I inline piston engine, and on its first flight in December 1915 reached 180 km/h, quite fast for the time.[1] The aircraft suffered from very poor forward visibility and was difficult to land due to its narrow landing gear.[2] The prototype crashed during the flight testing programme.[1]
This plane has terrible visibility ahead and below (as shown above) made taxiing a challenge, requiring the pilot stand up(below). Visibility also made landing difficult, leading to the first flight's crash on landing.
Mecedes D.I - the D.II & D.III is pictured below As you can see it is a thin but tall Motor they produces 75KW (100hp)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 15 m2 (160 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
- Gross weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I water-cooled inline piston, 75 kW (100 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
- Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
- 1 7.92mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun
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