Pfalz Dr.I
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Pfalz Dr.I | |
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Pfalz |
First flight | Aug 1917[1]-Oct 1917[2] |
Introduction | April 1918[1] |
Primary user | Germany |
Number built | ~10 [2][3] |
Wingspan | 8.55 m (28 ft 1 in)[1][4] |
Engine | 160hp Siemens-Halske Sh.III |
Armament | 2×fixed sync. LMG08/15 |
Max Speed | 201 km/h (125 mph) [4][5] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 1:30[1]-1:42[2] 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 3:00[1]-3:42[4] 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 5:30[1]-6:12[2][4] 4,000 m (13,100 ft) in 8:30[1] 5,000 m (16,400 ft) in 11:30[1] 6,000 m (19,700 ft) in 14:30[1] |
Ceiling | 6,000 m (19,700 ft)[5] |
Endurance | 1:30 [4][5] |
The Pfalz Dr.I was based on the earlier Pfalz D.VII prototype refitted in triplane style. Performance was not substantially better than the Fokker Dr.I and the counter-rotating Siemens-Halske engine was always troublesome in the early days, so production was limited. Though there are differing reports on the number constructed, ten seems to be the best guess. [2]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Pfalz Dr.I.
Timeline [note 1]
Game Data
Wings of Glory
Availability | Maneuver | Damage | Dmg Points | Max Alt. | Climb |
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18Q3-18Q4 | O | A | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Plane and Crew Cards
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Miniatures and Models
1:144 Scale
- Shapeways: Decapod, Kampfflieger
References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Enzo Angelucci, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. New York: The Military Press, 1983 edition. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Peter M. Grosz, "Archiv -- Frontbestand". WW1 Aero, № 107, Dec 1985 and № 108, Feb 1986. Poughkeepsie, NY: World War I Aeroplanes, Inc.
- Jack Herris, Pfalz Aircraft of WWI. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935881-12-4
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960.