Fokker D.X

D.X

Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Fokker
Designer	Reinhold Platz
First flight	1921
Introduction	1923
Primary users	Spanish Air Force Finnish Air Force
Number built	11+prototype
Developed from	Fokker D.VIII

Fokker D.X (or D.10) was a Dutch fighter aircraft designed after World War I.

Fokker D.X

The chief designer at Fokker, Reinhold Platz, designed the Fokker D.VIII fighter in 1918. It was a parasol monoplane with cantilever wings, which was an uncommon feature of the time. Its rotary engine could only develop 82 kW (110 hp), but it had good flying qualities. 60 aircraft were manufactured in Germany.

After the war, Anthony Fokker moved his factory to the Netherlands, where production continued. The D.X was an enlarged development of the D.VIII, which saw limited success. Ten aircraft were sold to Spain and one to Finland, where it was in use 1923-24.

Operators

Spain: Spanish Air Force (10)
Finland: Finnish Air Force (1)

Specifications (D.X)

Data from Thulinista Hornetiin

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Wing area: m² (ft²)
Empty weight: kg (lb)
Useful load: kg (kg)
Loaded weight: kg (lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 1,250 kg (2,750 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb liquid-cooled V8 engine, 223 kW (300 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 225 km/h (121 kn, 138 mph)

Armament

2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine guns

Sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fokker aircraft.

Timo Heinonen (1992). Thulinista Hornetiin - 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita. Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 951-95688-2-4.

Aircraft produced by Fokker

Company designations
pre-1918

M.1 M.2 M.3 M.4 M.5 M.6 M.7 M.8 M.9 M.10 M.14 M.15 M.16 M.17 M.18 M.19 M.21 M.22

V.1 V.2 V.3 V.4 V.5 V.6 V.7 V.8 V.9 V.10 V.11 V.12 V.13 V.14 V.16 V.17 V.18 V.20 V.21 V.22 V.23 V.24 V.25 V.26 V.27 V.28 V.29 V.30 V.31 V.33 V.34 V.35 V.36 V.37 V.38 V.39 V.40 V.41 V.43 V.45

Austro-Hungarian
military designations

German military
designations

A.I A.II A.III

C.I

D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII

Dr.I

E.I E.II E.III E.IV E.V

F.I

K.I

Company designations
post-1918

continuing
German military
designations:

B.I B.II B.IIII B.IV B.V

C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XIV C.XV

D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XVI D.XVII D.XXI D.XXIII

DC.I

F.II F.III F.IV F.V F.VI F.VII F.VIII F.IX F.X F.XI F.XII F.XIV F.XVIII F.XX F.XXII F.XXIV F.25 F26 F27 F28 F.29

FG.I FG.II FG.III FG.IV

G.I

S.I S.II S.III S.IV S.IX S-11 S-12 S-13 S-14

T.II T.III T.IV T.V T.VIII T.IX

based on
seating:

Fokker America

United States
military designations

Observation:	AO-1 CO-4 XO-27

Transports:	T-2 C-2 C-5 C-7 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-20 C-31 RA

Bombers:	XLB-2 XB-8 FT-1 FT-2

Attack:	XA-7

Fighters:	PW-5 PW-6 PW-7

Ambulance:	A-2

Trainer:	TW-4

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Fokker D.X

Operators

Specifications (D.X)

See also

Sources