Fokker Eindecker Fighters - Specifications (E.III)

Specifications (E.III)

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 9.52 m (31 ft 3 in)
• Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 16 m2 (170 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 399 kg (880 lb)
• Gross weight: 610 kg (1,345 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Oberursel U.I 9-cyl.air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph; 76 kn)
• Endurance: 1.5 hours
• Service ceiling: 3,600 m (11,810 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3.333 m/s (656.1 ft/min)
• Time to altitude:
  
  • 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 5 minutes
  • 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 30 minutes
  Armament
  

• Guns: 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun offset to starboard, synchronised to fire through the propeller.