Fokker DVII 250
The Fokker D.VII — the German biplane fighter so feared in WWI that the Treaty of Versailles specifically required Germany to surrender all of them — captured as a sport-scale RC model.
About
The Fokker D.VII is widely considered the best German fighter of the First World War. Designed by Reinhold Platz at the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke in early 1918, the type entered Imperial German service in May 1918 and quickly demonstrated capabilities that no Allied fighter of the time could match — superior climb performance, the ability to "hang on its propeller" at near-stall angles of attack, and the kind of forgiving flying qualities that let inexperienced pilots use the airframe to its limits.
The D.VII's reputation was confirmed by an unusual provision in the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI: Germany was specifically required to surrender all D.VIIs to the Allies, the only aircraft type singled out by name in the treaty. After the war, surrendered D.VIIs served with several Allied air forces and the type was license-built in the Netherlands by Fokker's postwar company.
The "250" in this model name refers to the recommended .25-cubic-inch engine class for this RC scale version. The unmistakable D.VII silhouette — boxy fuselage with characteristic "lozenge" camouflage paint, slab-sided wings, and the unmistakable thick airfoil — is one of the most-modeled WWI fighter subjects in modern RC scale flying.
In the simulator
A satisfying WWI scale subject with the slow, deliberate handling of a real biplane fighter. Use it for low-and-slow scale flying. A natural sibling of the Fokker_DR1 (CV Planes Pack 3) — same era, two different Fokker fighter designs.
