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Post by: brady on October 09, 2003, 02:10:09 PM

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(http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/88640/0.jpg)

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Post by: HoHun on October 09, 2003, 02:45:33 PM

V. L. Myrski II

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Post by: straffo on October 09, 2003, 02:48:58 PM

a tempest.

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Post by: Wmaker on October 09, 2003, 03:16:07 PM

Fokker D.XXI

The exact example: ID# FR-76 with experimental recractable undergarriage.

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on October 09, 2003, 03:25:55 PM

Looks like a Fokker DXXI with modificated gear.
Wich was not retractable.

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on October 09, 2003, 03:26:28 PM

Damn finns
:)

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Post by: Widewing on October 09, 2003, 06:50:53 PM

This is the last VL built Fokker XXI, modified to incorporate  retractable landing gear. It was 9 mph faster than the standard version, but suffered from reduced maneuverability and climb rate. It wasn't viewed as being a successful modification.

My regards,

Widewing

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on October 10, 2003, 07:32:55 AM

And than came kurt tank and stole the whole idea from the much more intelligent  Fokker.

Kurt suks, Anthony rules

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Post by: frank3 on October 10, 2003, 09:47:04 AM

Yep, definitly a fokker D.XXI

Nice to see you've posted a dutch plane brady!

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Post by: brady on October 10, 2003, 02:00:05 PM

D.XXI, it is:)


          Ty FRank, I have in the past but it has been a while:)

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Post by: TimRas on October 17, 2003, 08:26:40 AM

Much more succesful Finnish Fokker landing gear modification, skis instead of wheels. Thus modified, the XXI could take off from snow covered airfields or from frozen lakes.

(http://www.saunalahti.fi/veijju/images/lekot/fokker01.jpg)

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Post by: Panzzer on October 17, 2003, 07:12:24 PM

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Originally posted by TimRas
Much more succesful Finnish Fokker landing gear modification, skis instead of wheels. Thus modified, the XXI could take off from snow covered airfields or from frozen lakes.

Nice pic, TimRas. :)
I'd guess that it's from the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo at Tikkakoski?

Yes, the ski mod was propably much more useful than the retractable gear modification. The Fokkers were mostly used during the Winter War (1939-40). The gear mod wasn't widely spread (nice pick, Brady), because the difference in performance was dubious at it's best. But the ski modification was more widely used, because during the Finnish winter our ground tends to get frozen and snowy :D.  So the ski-mods were indeed handy during the winter operations.