World War I Air News: The Fokker D.VII

[Ack-Ack]

So what would Brian Boitano do
If he were here today,
I'm sure he'd kick an bellybutton or two,
That's what Brian Boitano'd do.

[Ghosth]

Funny, been watching the Olympics on the DVR, fast forwarding through the skating, and that song keeps popping into my head.

Man he'd kick ALL their posterior's

[Anaxogoras]

well, 

i don't like the modells, the fokker looks damn ugly. I got Rise of Flight, which got a big lack of online gaming(they still working on a MMO arena) but the Graphics and the FM are outstanding!!!!!!

HTC's business would fail if the game had the minimum system requirements of RoF.  Just the modest graphics upgrade we had last year caused a lot of teeth gnashing.  RoF is a beautiful game though.  I'm curious to see if HTC's DM upgrade lowers FPS like some have claimed the DM does in RoF.

Again, anyone know which engine HTC is putting in the Fokker DVII?

[Treize69]

Again, anyone know which engine HTC is putting in the Fokker DVII?

The one that gos 'VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!'

[LLogann]

Actually it's a Binary "engine."       It's just a bunch of zeros and ones............ TRUST ME.     

The one that gos 'VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!'

Again, anyone know which engine HTC is putting in the Fokker DVII?

[Delirium]

I'm still looking for my favorite, the SE5a, hopefully that will be part of the initial release.

[Treize69]

Yeah, I'm hoping they sneak in a surprise or two like they usually do.

[Wmaker]

Again, anyone know which engine HTC is putting in the Fokker DVII?

4523/18 was OAW built mid-production aircraft flown by Rudolf Stark of Jasta 35b during October 1918. Looking at a couple of profiles, it looks like the engine sits flush with the fuselage which indicates it's a Mercedes. Of course the 3D-model doesn't determine what parameters Pyro uses to compute the flight model, but if I had to make a bet I'd say it will be powered with a regular Mercedes D.III.

[Anaxogoras]

if I had to make a bet I'd say it will be powered with a regular Mercedes D.III.

That would be a pity.  I was very happy to see that RoF is about to release a BMW powered DVII.

[Wmaker]

That would be a pity.

Well I don't know about that. I fully expect the F.2B and Camel to be modelled with one of the more common engines rather than the rare, most powerful ones.

[Wmaker]

The D.VII is looking good, Waffle!

Just a couple suggestions:

- As it has been mentioned, the pilot looks quite big/sitting quite high. Maybe it could sit a bit lower?

A pic:


- The turtle neck behind the pilot should be a bit shallower and reach from one fuselage side to the other. As far as I know the basic fuselage geometry remained the same in all production batches as far as the turtle neck is concerned.

A pic:


There are lines in the top projections of some drawings from where one might mistakenly interpret the geometry to be like you've depicted it but the lines actually show edges where the top rear fuselage plywood decking ends. It was flush with the rest of the fuselage, though. (Also note the asymmetrical positioning of the vertical stab.)

D.VII will be my ride in the skies of the Great War.

[Lusche]

- As it has been mentioned, the pilot looks quite big/sitting quite high.

They are using me as a model 

[Anaxogoras]

Well I don't know about that. I fully expect the F.2B and Camel to be modelled with one of the more common engines rather than the rare, most powerful ones.

What's going to happen is that the DVII will be barely used next to the Camel and Dr1, same as in RoF...  That seems to be the big reason for their introduction of the BMW powered variant, and it's the variant that made the plane famous.

Edit:  There's also a big difference between a Mercedes DIIIa and a DIIIau... At the very least I'd hope for the latter in the DVII.

[LLogann]

QFT...............  The DIIIau has 6 more zeros and 2 extra ones.   

Edit:  There's also a big difference between a Mercedes DIIIa and a DIIIau... At the very least I'd hope for the latter in the DVII.

[Wmaker]

What's going to happen is that the DVII will be barely used next to the Camel and Dr1, same as in RoF...  

Could well be. I've thought about that...we shall see.

Edit:  There's also a big difference between a Mercedes DIIIa and a DIIIau... At the very least I'd hope for the latter in the DVII.

Yep, I'm aware of that. D.IIIau was an over compressed "altitude engine" like the BMW.