The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.
- Role: Fighter
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
- Designer: Reinhold Platz
- First flight: January 1918
- Introduction: 1918
- Status: Privately owned, or in museums
- Produced: 1918–1928
- Number built: Over 3,200
Operators
- Argentine Naval Aviation
- Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Belgian Air Force
- Bulgarian Air Force
- Czechoslovakia
- Royal Danish Air Force
- Finnish Air Force
- Germany: Luftstreitkrafte, Kaiserliche Marine
- Hungarian Air Force
- Netherlands: Luchtvaartafdeling
- Latvian Air Force
- Lithuania
- Polish Air Force
- Royal Romanian Air Force
- Soviet Air Force
- Swedish Air Force
- Swiss Air Force
- Ottoman Air Force
- United States Army Air Service
- United States Marine Corps
Specifications (D.VII with Mercedes D.III engine)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.954 m (22 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 20.5 m2 (221 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 670 kg (1,477 lb)
- Gross weight: 906 kg (1,997 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
- or 1 × 130.5 kW (175 hp) Mercedes D.IIIa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine
- or 1 × 137.95 kW (185 hp) BMW IIIa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine (240hp rating at low level, emergency only, risk of engine damage.)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 189 km/h (117 mph; 102 kn)
- BMW IIIa engine – 200 km/h (124 mph)
- Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.92 m/s (772 ft/min)
- BMW IIIa engine – 9.52 metres per second (1,874 ft/min)
- Time to altitude:
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 4 minutes 15 seconds (1 minutes 40 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
- 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 8 minutes 18 seconds (4 minutes 5 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 13 minutes 49 seconds (7 minutes 0 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft) in 22 minutes 48 seconds (10 minutes 15 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
- 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 38 minutes 5 seconds (14 minutes 0 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
- 6,000 m (19,685 ft) (18 minutes 45 seconds w/ BMW IIIa)
Armament
- Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 “Spandau” machine guns
