Back then This was the state of the art. Or that you say today This was a badass Fighter 😈
@Kneedragon1962
14 жыл бұрын
@cobrachoppergirl It was classed as the best for several reasons. By the standards of the day, it was fast, stable, handled well and was easy to fly. Unlike other stable machines, however, it was also agile and quick to respond. It was also, largely by fluke, one of very few aircraft before the modern day of computers and FTW, to offer a degree of control beyond the stall. Contemporary accounts describe it 'hanging on the propeller' and shooting at stuff that was well off / above its course.
@McLarenMercedes
15 жыл бұрын
Yes, some famous ace said:"It has the ability to make an average pilot look like an ace". It was so good the allies (the Entente) specifically included it in the Versailles treaty of 1919. germany was supposed to hand over all the D-VII and D-VIII's Anthony Fokker kept a few and fled to the Netherlands... The best fighter of all is said to be the Siemens-Shuckert D-VI, but it entered the war in such a late stage it hardly saw any action
@choppergirl
13 жыл бұрын
Every old farmer needs one of these barn finds in his barn. Damn the allies for requiring them all to be destroyed.
@choppergirl
14 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they say it was the best, but you look at all the replica's flying and the D7 looks like its one of the more pokey machines. They probably were considered the best because they were the most stable and safe to fly, compared to all the other wild and wooly temperamental and unstable machines. The Dr.1 triplane, for example, is never stable flying itself, you have to constantly be on the stick flying it at all times.
@Aviyaytor
12 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@AviatikD1
15 жыл бұрын
The markings are of Ltn. Günther von Büren's Fokker D.VII of Jasta 18.
@AviatikD1
15 жыл бұрын
The engine is apparently a Mercedes D.IIIa (180 h.p.) which was originally used in the type. (Or, failing that, could be an American Hall-Scott six cylinder engine, which copied many of the Mercedes features.) You can tell by the sound and size of the propeller that it isn't an inverted Gypsy-Queen engine. The sound matches the Mercedes of the restored original in Holland on another link. Compare them and you'll hear the correct sound of the big Mercedes.
@rcwarbirdbuilder
10 жыл бұрын
I have 1/4 and 1/3 scale DVII they are the best flying airplanes.
@hangarrat101
16 жыл бұрын
Beautiful engine noise. is the engine the original merc, or a modern ranger, Gypsy queen etc?
@KevTheImpaler
6 жыл бұрын
No bracing wires to be shot away, and, I think, metal struts. Still, I wonder if it was really better than an SE5a. The SE5a was faster by quite a bit.
@leifvejby8023
5 жыл бұрын
You can take a look at Mikael Carlson giving his DVII a work out: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yJCQnmauoomBaqw The fun starts around 4:30
@douglasgleeson
15 жыл бұрын
Where is this D VII based?
@raulduke6105
7 жыл бұрын
Are there any real D-7's?
@indydude100
13 жыл бұрын
I don't want one. I NEED ONE...
@xvoy2002
14 жыл бұрын
Note the odd positioning of the prop,, at the bottem edge of the nose.. unsual. Dont' this this had a rotary engine. But a great airplane for sure.
@Holliethedog
13 жыл бұрын
what game is this?
@leifvejby8023
5 жыл бұрын
It was called WW1, why?
@orrestrnden
14 жыл бұрын
fokker .. what a name XD
@Addad66
3 жыл бұрын
Sopwith Snipe fodder..... Sounds like the same engine as in the Albatros...... Mercedes...
@absoluteauthority08
15 жыл бұрын
the D-VII is unquestionably the best all-around fighter of the war
@TheFunkhouser
4 жыл бұрын
Se5a... They were both on par. But by 1918 Germany had lost a lot of her good pilots, also most like WW2's pilot shortage. Its just who has the most ppl in the air and therefore the most wins (sadly), Japanese ace fighter pilots were swamped just the same. Its sad because those guys, no matter who they fought for, were amazing and skilled flyers.
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