- Fokker D.II
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name=Fokker D.II
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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Fokker -Fluzeugwerke
designer=Martin Kreutzer
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variants with their own articles=The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of
World War I . It was a single seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I. It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and shorter span than production D.IIs. Using a 100 hp Oberursel U.I, the D.II was underpowered, though the single 7.92 mm machine gun was normal for 1916. The German Army purchased 177.Operational history
In service, the D.II proved to be little better than the earlier
Fokker Eindecker fighters - in particular, it was outclassed by theNieuport 11 and 17. A few examples were used by the "Kampfeinsitzerkommandos" and the early "Jagdstaffeln" alongside theHalberstadt D.II but the early Fokker biplanes were quickly discarded when the new Albatros fighters came out.pecifications (D.II)
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length m=6.40
length ft=21
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span m=8.75
span ft=28
span in=9
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height m=2.55
height ft=8
height in=4
wing area sqm=18.0
wing area sqft=194
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empty weight kg=384
empty weight lb=847
gross weight kg=575
gross weight lb=1,268eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Oberursel U.I rotary
eng1 kw= 75
eng1 hp= 100
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eng2 lbf-ab=max speed kmh=150
max speed mph=93
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range km=200
range miles=124
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ceiling m=4,000
ceiling ft=13,125
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climb rate ms=4.2
climb rate ftmin=820
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LMG 08/15 machine gun
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