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Fokker Eindeker E IV, 2008 Names Convention, Model Engineering Show in Wyandotte Michigan.

Scale model, airframe and engine. The cowling is visible in the foreground.

Scale model airframe and engine.

Cockpit is complete and the controls work.

 

Top speed: 87 mph

Wingspan: 31′ 0″

Length: 23.62′

First flight

23 May 1915 (modified M.5 A.16/15 serving as a E.I prototype,

Number built

416

 

The first Eindecker (" one wing ") was the first German fighter aircraft and the first to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the propeller without striking the blades.

 

These models were presented at the 2008 NAMES Convention in Wyandotte Michigan.

by Unknown Builder.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on March 26, 2016