Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
I stand corrected!Wiki Page on Fokker D.VIII said:
...nice pics Wurger. =)
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I stand corrected!Wiki Page on Fokker D.VIII said:The first production E.V aircraft were shipped to Jasta 6 in late July. The new monoplane was also delivered to Jasta 1, Jasta 19, Jasta 24 and Jasta 36. Leutnant Emil Rolff scored the first kill in an E.V on August 17, 1918...
A different way of thinking.
When I went to the USAF school to service these weapons in the mid 60s, they explained that the proximity fuse allowed the missile to close to it's closest possible proximity, it set off the warhead the very microsecond that the range started increasing. It wasn't out of any concern or kindness to the enemy pilots, they were just being realistic in not expecting direct hits.Neat pictures Fokker F I 102/17, as featured in this clip. Richtofen flew it at one stage...
View: https://youtu.be/XIiuyijwKRs
Not as different as we might think, most modern (60s, 70s, 80s era) air to air missiles, the Sidewinder, Sparrow etc were designed not to hit the targe tbut explode alongside or near it. The Sparrow had proximity sensors that triggered the explosive. This was hollow and contained shards opf metal that would shred the enemy aircraft's structure, but not be such a force to kill the pilot instantly. This enabled the occupant to eject.
WOW!...good job on the research Wurger! Could very well be the same plane...unless you know otherwise.
Neat pictures Fokker F I 102/17, as featured in this clip. Richtofen flew it at one stage...
View: https://youtu.be/XIiuyijwKRs
Not as different as we might think, most modern (60s, 70s, 80s era) air to air missiles, the Sidewinder, Sparrow etc were designed not to hit the targe tbut explode alongside or near it. The Sparrow had proximity sensors that triggered the explosive. This was hollow and contained shards opf metal that would shred the enemy aircraft's structure, but not be such a force to kill the pilot instantly. This enabled the occupant to eject.