| C. VII-W | |
|---|---|
| Type | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Fokker |
| Maiden flight | 1928 |
| Primary user | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Number built | 30 |
The Fokker C. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts Fokker was a Dutch Aircraft manufacturer named after its founder Anthony Fokker. The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1928: Events January January 6 - 8 - Lt Christian Schilt The Koninklijke Marine ( Royal Netherlands Navy) is the Navy of the Netherlands. VII-W was a reconnaissance seaplane built in the Netherlands in the late 1920s. Sharing elements of the highly-successful C.V design, the C. Fokker CV was a Dutch light Reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Fokker. VII-W was a conventional, single-bay biplane with wings of unequal span braced with N-struts. The undercarriage consisted of a standard twin-pontoon arrangement, and the fin and rudder continued through to the ventral side of the fuselage, creating a cruciform tail. The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits. The wing structure was wooden with fabric and plywood covering, and the fuselage was of steel tube construction with fabric covering.
The first twelve of the thirty examples produced were sent to the Dutch East Indies, with the rest remaining in the Netherlands. The type was withdrawn from front-line service in 1940, but some machines remained active in the East Indies as trainers until the Japanese invasion in 1942.
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and observer
- Length: 9. 50 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 12. 90 m (42 ft 4 in)
- Height: 4. 00 m (13 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 37. 0 m² (398. 3 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,200 kg (2,650 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,750 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Lynx, 168 kW (225 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph)
- Range: 1,000 km (620 miles)
- Service ceiling: 2,400 m (7,880 ft)
- Rate of climb: 1. Applications Avro 504N (also known as Avro Lynx Avro Tutor Canadian Vickers Varuna Canadian Vickers 2 m/s (240 ft/min)
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 404.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 894 Sheet 34.
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