Fokker V.27
Encyclopedia
The Fokker V.27 was a German
parasol
-monoplane fighter
prototype designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
.
The V.27 was little more than an enlarged V.26 (prototype for the D.VIII
) with a 145 kW (195 hp) Benz Bz.IIIb liquid-cooled inline engine
. Once again, Fokker pursued similar aircraft with both rotary
and inline engines. Fokker submitted the V.27 at the second fighter competition at Adlershof
in May/June 1918.
The V.37 was a ground-attack variant of the V.27. It was fitted with extensive armor plating to protect the pilot and engine. Neither the V.27 nor the V.37 were placed in production.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
parasol
Parasol wing
A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts, called cabane struts...
-monoplane fighter
Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
prototype designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names, starting out in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in 1919....
.
The V.27 was little more than an enlarged V.26 (prototype for the D.VIII
Fokker D.VIII
-See also:-References:* Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. 1988. ISBN 0-851778-17-8....
) with a 145 kW (195 hp) Benz Bz.IIIb liquid-cooled inline engine
Inline engine (aviation)
In aviation, an inline engine means any reciprocating engine with banks rather than rows of cylinders, including straight engines, flat engines, V engines and H engines, but excluding radial engines and rotary engines....
. Once again, Fokker pursued similar aircraft with both rotary
Rotary engine
The rotary engine was an early type of internal-combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary and the entire cylinder block rotated around it...
and inline engines. Fokker submitted the V.27 at the second fighter competition at Adlershof
Adlershof
-External links:*...
in May/June 1918.
The V.37 was a ground-attack variant of the V.27. It was fitted with extensive armor plating to protect the pilot and engine. Neither the V.27 nor the V.37 were placed in production.