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DFW T.28 Floh circa 1915 | |
Role | Biplane fighter aircraft |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke |
Designer | Hermann Dorner |
First flight | 1915 |
Number built | 1 |
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]
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]
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