Märkische D.I

D.I
Role	Fighter aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Märkische Flugzeugwerke (MFW)
Designer	Wilhelm Hillman
First flight	1918
Number built	1

The Märkische D.I was a prototype single-seat fighter biplane built in the last months of World War I.

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Development

The Märkische Flugzeugwerke was formed in 1916 to repair aircraft and train pilots. It also license-built other German aircraft prolificly during WWI. In 1918, Wilhelm Hillman joined the company from Schütte-Lanz to design a new single-seat fighter, the Märkische D.I. The first D.I prototype was built to participate in the First Fighter Competition at Adlershof, Germany, in May 1918, but was damaged in factory tests. The repaired first prototype, which had new wings and ailerons, was tested until September 1918.^[1]

Specifications (D.I)

Data from The Complete book of fighters^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 6.88 m (22 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 8.78 m (28 ft 10 in)
Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Gross weight: 912 kg (2,011 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IIIb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 145 kW (195 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
Endurance: 2 hours 30 minutes

Armament

Guns: 2 × fixed forward-firing synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun

References

^ ^a ^b Swanborough, Gordon; Green, William (1995). The Complete book of fighters : an illustrated encyclopedia of every fighter aircraft built and flown. Smithmark. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.

Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 487. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
Herris, Jack (2020). German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series (50). Vol. 2: Krieger to Union. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-86-5.

Idflieg D and DJ-class aircraft designations

D- class

AEG	D.I D.II D.III
Albatros	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII
Aviatik	(D.I skipped) D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Daimler	D.I D.II
DFW	D.I D.II
Euler	D.I D.II
Fokker	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII
Friedrichshafen	D.I D.II D.III
Halberstadt	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V
Junkers	D.I
Kondor	D.I
LFG/Roland	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV D.XVI D.XVII
LVG	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Märkische	D.I
Naglo	D.I D.II
Pfalz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Rumpler	D.I
Schütte-Lanz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Siemens-Schuckert	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Zeppelin-Lindau	D.I

DJ- class

AEG	DJ.I

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Development

Specifications (D.I)

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