Fokker D.X

D.X

Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
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.

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 – 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita^[1]

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)
Max takeoff weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 223 kW (299 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn)

Armament

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

References

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

Fokker aircraft

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.42 V.43 V.44 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
style designations:

B.I B.II B.III B.IV B.V B.VI
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.XV D.XVI D.XVII D.XVIII D.XIX D.XX D.XXI D.22 D.23 D.24
DC.I DC.II
F.I F.II F.III F.IV F.V F.VI F.VII F.VIII F.IX F.X F.XI F.XII F.XIII F.XIV F.XV F.XVI F.XVII F.XVIII F.XIX F.XX F.XXI F.XXIII F.25 F26 F27 F28 F.29 F.37
FG.I FG.II FG.III FG.IV
G.I G.II G.III
S.I S.II S.III S.IV S.V S.VI S.VII S.VIII S.IX S.X S.11 S.12 S.13 S.14 S.15 S.16
T.II T.III T.IV T.V T.VI T.VII T.VIII T.IX T.10

based on
seating:

F.XXII
F.XXIV
F.XXXVI
F.40
50
F.56
60
70
100
130

Atlantic Aircraft
(Fokker America/Atlantic-Fokker)

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:	XHB-2 XLB-2 XB-8 FT-1 FT-2
Attack:	XA-7
Fighters:	PW-5 PW-6 PW-7
Ambulance:	A-2
Trainer:	TW-4

This page was last edited on 17 November 2023, at 07:17

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Operators

Specifications (D.X)

See also

References