The Airdrome Fokker D-VI is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of

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. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 39. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the

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German Fokker D.VI fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines.

Design and development

The Airdrome Fokker D-VI features a strut-braced biplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in

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. The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped

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. The kit is made up of twelve sub-kits. The Airdrome Fokker D-VI has a wingspan of and a wing area of . It can be equipped with engines ranging from . The standard engine is the

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engine, with a

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optional. Building time from the factory-supplied kit is estimated at 400 hours by the manufacturer.

Design and development

Operational history

Specifications (Fokker D-VI)

References