DFW Floh

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Floh
DFW T.28 Floh WW1 fighter 1.jpg
DFW T.28 Floh circa 1915
Role Biplane fighter aircraft
National originGermany
Manufacturer Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke
Designer Hermann Dorner
First flight1915
Number built1

The DFW T.28 Floh (English: Flea) was a small German biplane fighter prototype designed by Hermann Dorner, the designer of the successful Hannover CL.II two-seat fighter of 1917, and built by Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke. [1]

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Designed in 1915 as high-speed fighter, the Floh had a small 6.20 m (20.3 ft) wingspan and a rather ungainly tall and thin fuselage. [1] With a fixed conventional landing gear the Floh was powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Mercedes D.I inline piston engine, and on its first flight in December 1915 reached 180 km/h (110 mph), quite fast for the time. [1]

The aircraft suffered from very poor forward visibility and was difficult to land due to its narrow landing gear. [2] The prototype crashed during the flight testing programme. [1]

View showing poor forward visibility. DFW T.28 Floh WW1 fighter 2.jpg
View showing poor forward visibility.

Specifications

Data from . [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 1297
  2. 1 2 "DFW T28 Floh". flyingmachines.ru. Their Flying Machines. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

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