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German Fokker DR.1 1/28 Kit
Plastic Model Kit

Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary Red Baron, made history in the Great War with his red Fokker airplane. Introduced in June 1917, it was the most maneuverable aircraft of the time. Detailed plastic kit features realistic radial engine, movable  propeller, structurally detailed wings, authentic landing gear with moveable wheels, a pilot figure and two ground crew. Includes choice of markings and approximately 100 red pieces. 10¼" wingspan; skill level 3.
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April 20, 1918. Baron Manfred Von Richthofen was his flying Fokker Dr.1 on early evening patrol, had already shot down one Sopwith Camel when he found his 80th victim flying another Sopwith Camel flown by Lieutenant D. G. Lewis, 19 years old.  Lewis' plane was on fire all the way to the ground,  amazingly he was thrown clear of the burning  wreckage and survived the crash.
 

MANUFACTURER: Fokker Flugzeug-Werke GmbH

Year            : 1917

Weight:          1290 lbs. loaded

Engine          : 1 x "Oberursel" Ur.II 110 h.p. /110 hp Thulin built LeRhone rotary.

Wingspan    : 7.20 m   23 ft in

Wing area:     200 sq. ft

Length          : 5.76 m

RANGE        :1.5 hours

Max. speed   : 165 km/h   103 mph

Speed:            115 mph at sea level

Initial climb:  1200 feet/min at 60 mph

Ceiling           : 6000 m  19,685 ft

Crew              : 1

Armament        : 2 x machine guns 

Baron Von Richthofen was the most celebrated of the German Aces.  He shot down a total of 80 planes.  He won the Blue Max Air Medal on Jan 12 1917.  The Baron was Killed in Action on on April 21 1918 by Captain A. Roy Brown, from Canada, flying a Sopwith Camel

 JG.1 was formed from four aerial fighting units, or Jastas. It took  to the skies in June, 1917 under the flamboyant command of Manfred von Richthofen  and soon gained fame among its Allied opposition, and was known as "Richthofen's  Flying Circus."

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....#0009293 $159.00

The Eindecker was the first fighter monoplane in WW1 and it was also the first aircraft to fire through the props using a synchronized machine gun where the bullets didn't hit the propeller.  Other aircraft on both sides of the conflict allowed firing the machine guns through the propeller but only with deflectors on the prop to keep the bullets from damaging the props.  However even with the deflectors, the bullets put considerable stress on the bullets.  The Eindecker's synchronized firing mechanism was a major step forward in aerial combat. 

During the Fokker Scourge in early 1915, for a few months, the Eindecker destroyed the Allies superiority in the air.   To keep the Allies from getting the technology of the synchronized machine gun technology, the German pilots were instructed not to dogfight over Allied territory so the aircraft were primarily used to prohibit Allied access to German Airspace.  In February 1916, the monoplane was used to control the air over Verdum during the German offensive.  By the summer of 1916, the Allied Air Forces regained aerial superiority with the Nieuport 11 "Bebe", the D.H.2 and the F.E.2

Except for the characteristic Fokker tail plane and the synchronized machine gun, the Eindecker was a direct copy of the Morane Saulnier "Parasol."  The Eindecker did not use ailerons for banking, instead it used the, Wright Brothers invention of wing warping.  This was true of many of the early monoplanes and biplanes.  Even at the end of the Eindeckers life it didn't use ailerons making it more difficult to avoid the more nimble enemy aircraft which did use ailerons in lieu of the wing warping.  The Eindecker used a 100 hp Oberursel rotary engine which was not very reliable.  Engine power reduced with altitude which limited the Eindeckers maximum altitude to about 9800 feet.  Another disadvantage was that the Eindecker took 30 minutes to get to 9000 feet and its maneuverability was very poor at this altitude.  The Eindecker used a single LMG 08/15 7.92 mm machine gun.
 

• Aircraft        : Fokker Eindecker
• Year            : 1915
• Engine          : 1 x "Oberursel" U.I 100 h.p..
• Wingspan        : 9.52 m
• Length          : 7.20 m
• Weight          : 399 kg/610 kg
• Max. speed      : 140 km/h 
• Ceiling         : 3500 m
• Crew            : 1
• Armament        : 1 x machine gun