The Fokker D VII originated as the V.11. The V.11 competed with the V.18 which had a fixed vertical stabilizer.
The V.18 was impressive and ordered into full production as the D VII. Fokker built 877 D VII aircraft while
Albatros Werke G.m.b.H. built 1,749 D VII's at both of their plants. At the end of World War II, the Allied Control Commission
required Germany to hand over all Zepplin airships and Fokker D VII aircraft. No other German aircraft were required
to be handed over. Fokker took some of these aircraft back to the Netherlands and set up a factory there. Countries
that bought Fokker D VII's include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United States.
German fighter pilots in World War 1 were very individual with their paint jobs. My model is painted to simulate the paint scheme
on a full-scale replica built and flown in the USA. The photo was black and white so my paint scheme is based on colors seen on
art work of other German fighters. I like to call the pilot in my model Baron von Gaudy (Gaudi). For those who want to do a repaint,
you will notice that the horiz_stab.bmp is separate from the horiz_tail.bmp. The horiz_tail.bmp is only used only for the elevators
and that's because I ran into a problem and the horiz_stab painting was the easiest and quickest fix. You will have to supply both in a
repaint.
The instrument panel is a Sopwith Camel panel modified only by changing the nameplate and removing the windshield.
All instruments are the Camel defaults supplied by Microsoft. The aircraft flies easily but stalls in a loop. This can be overcome
by increasing the power_scalar in the aircraft configuration file. I didn't do that because I wanted to keep the maximum
airspeed close to specification. There are no flaps and no brakes but landings are not difficult if the throttle and joystick
are coordinated. There are no bullets in the machine guns.
I declare my Fokker D VII files to be "public domain." Do what you want with them and you don't need my permission.
