DFW Floh

Floh

DFW T.28 Floh cica 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 fight in December 1915 reached 180 km/h, 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]

View showing poor forward visibility.

Specifications

Data from .^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
Gross weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I water-cooled inline piston, 75 kW (100 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn)

Armament

1 7.92mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun

References

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Notes

1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 1297
1 2 "DFW T28 Floh". flyingmachines.ru. Their Flying Machines. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

Bibliography

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.

Aircraft produced by Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke

B.I B.II C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI D.I D.II Dr.I Floh Mars P.1 Pfeil R.I R.II R.III

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