FEATURES

• Self-aligning wing construction, with scale fuselage and tail shapes
• Scale dihedral, includes in wing ailerons. Scale number of ribs
• Flat bottomed scale like airfoil including thick airfoil with taper
• Wings are partially sheeted from leading edge to first spar
• Laser cut 1/32" plywood trailing edges
• Fuselage built from laser cut formers and stringers
• Front of the fuselage is balsa box, the rear is built up
• Laser cut 1/32" ply side cheeks and balsa turtle deck
• Laser cut balsa and plywood for built up cowl
• Dummy Spandau machine gun kits included
• Laser cut balsa tail parts included
• Balsa leading edges, included
• Balsa and plywood wheel kit with Neoprene foam rubber tire material included

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The First Fighter Trials held by Idleig from January 21 to February 17 1918 called all major fighter manufacturers to participate. Fokker put more effort into these trials than his competitors. He submitted more prototypes and with greater variety than the others. He was popular with the Jasta pilots and had by now a significant manufacturing capability. The others simply entered modified designs of their current offerings. Fokker entered what would become the Fokker DVI and DVII. The Fokker DVI featured a Triplane style fuselage and a rotary engine but was a biplane with his now characteristic thick airfoil structure. It was originally designed for the newer 145hp Oberursal URIII radial but as these were in short supply, the more common and von Richtofen approved, 110hp URII were used. The lower power limited the performance of the type and production resources went to the more powerful Fokker DVII instead. As a result, the DVI did not get a chance to play much of a part in the air war.