fokker triplane - Aircraft of World War II

nimrod.michaeli · 05-24-2009, 01:01 AM

what made the fokker triplane during wwi dangerous flying?

Stitch · 05-24-2009, 01:07 AM

I'm not a big WWI fan (never could get into a/c that don't go much faster than my car), but it had a pretty insane lift-to-weight ratio (it should, with three wings), and a really stubby fuselage for it's size, so it wasn't very stable in the horizontal plane. A snap roll could easily turn into an unrecoverable spin, especially at low altitude, due to the lack of lateral surface area. It could climb like a banshee, and the good pilots learned to use that (like Manfred von Richtofen), but it was dangerous to friend and foe alike in a turning engagement.

05-24-2009, 01:01 AM	#1
nimrod.michaeli Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 25	fokker triplane what made the fokker triplane during wwi dangerous flying?

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05-24-2009, 01:07 AM	#2
Stitch Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 80	I'm not a big WWI fan (never could get into a/c that don't go much faster than my car), but it had a pretty insane lift-to-weight ratio (it should, with three wings), and a really stubby fuselage for it's size, so it wasn't very stable in the horizontal plane. A snap roll could easily turn into an unrecoverable spin, especially at low altitude, due to the lack of lateral surface area. It could climb like a banshee, and the good pilots learned to use that (like Manfred von Richtofen), but it was dangerous to friend and foe alike in a turning engagement.