"SHORTEST EVER" TAKE OFF ! MASSIVE 65% SCALE RC FOKKER DR1 TRIPLANE 550cc ENGINE AT BMFA NATS - 2018

STEVE CARR PUTTING HIS LATEST WARBIRD THROUGH HER PACES AT AN RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW AT THE BMFA BARKSTON HEATH NATIONALS FLIGHTLINE.
SHE IS THE 65% SCALE FOKKER DR1 TRIPLANE (THE WORLDS LARGEST) BUILT FROM AN ARTF KIT !

SHE IS A REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS BARON VON RICHTHOFENS "THE RED BARON" TRIPLANE BUT IS FAR MORE MANOUVERABLE THAN THE REAL TRIPLANE,

SHE HAS A W/SPAN OF - 4.8 MTRS,
HAS 4 MULTIPLEX RECEIVERS ONBOARD - 1 IN EACH WING AND 2 IN THE TAIL,
ALL SERVOS ARE HITEC 44KG TORQUE - 3 PER AILERON, 2 PER ELEVATOR HALF, 3 ON THE RUDDER,
USES J.PERKINS LIPOS BATTS FOR RX / SERVO POWER,
STEVE IS A MECHANIC / ENGINNEER AND DESIGNED THE 550cc FLAT FOUR PETROL ENGINE HIMSELF, THE ENGINE IS BASED ON THE 2W 275 ENGINE BUT STEVE DESIGNED HIS OWN CRANKSHAFT, CRANKCASE, MANIFOLDS, EXHAUST & ELECTRONIC IGNITION,
CYLINDERS & PISTONS ARE FROM THE 3W 275 ENGINE !

THE REAL FOKKER DR1 WAS A COPY OF THE ENGLISH SOPWITH TRIPLANE (CAPTURED INTACT) IN 1917,

HERES SOME INFO ON THE REAL AIRCRAFT -

Wingspan: 7.19 m
Top speed: 185 km/h
Length: 5.77 m
Range: 300 km
Engine type: Rotary engine
Manufacturer: Fokker
Number built: 320

The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker, "triplane" in German) was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.

In February 1917, the Sopwith Triplane began to appear over the Western Front.[1] Despite its single Vickers machine gun armament, the Sopwith swiftly proved itself superior to the more heavily armed Albatros fighters then in use by the Luftstreitkräfte. In April 1917, Anthony Fokker viewed a captured Sopwith Triplane while visiting Jasta 11. Upon his return to the Schwerin factory, Fokker instructed Reinhold Platz to build a triplane, but gave him no further information about the Sopwith design. Platz responded with the V.4, a small, rotary-powered triplane with a steel tube fuselage and thick cantilever wings, first developed during Fokker's government-mandated collaboration with Hugo Junkers. Initial tests revealed that the V.4 had unacceptably high control forces resulting from the use of unbalanced ailerons and elevators.
Instead of submitting the V.4 for a type test, Fokker produced a revised prototype designated V.5. The most notable changes were the introduction of horn-balanced ailerons and elevators, as well as longer-span wings. The V.5 also featured interplane struts, which were not necessary from a structural standpoint, but which minimized wing flexing. On 14 July 1917, Idflieg issued an order for 20 pre-production aircraft. The V.5 prototype, serial 101/17, was tested to destruction at Adlershof on 11 August 1917.

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FILMED AT THE BMFA NATIONALS RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW AT RAF BARKSTON HEATH - GRANTHAM - LINCOLNSHIRE UK - NG32 2DQ,
FILMED ON SAT AUGUST 25th - 2018,
THIS EVENT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE BMFA,