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What was the Advantage and diasadvantage of the Triplanes?
Custermen
The Fokker Dr.1 was limited in its airspeed to 103mph. This was due to the additional drag from the 3 wings that were close to each other. Their main advantage was their superior maneuaverablity in a fight. The three short wings allowed the triplanes to be more maneuverable and have a much higher climb rate. Shorter wings allowed it to roll about the fuselage axis much faster. If it wanted to turn, the triplane would roll on its side and pull a tighter circle than the standard biplane. In addition, the Fokker was able to make a 180-degree turn without banking(flat turn) in just a few seconds. When Werner Voss fought his last dog-fight with 7 British SE-5's, the British pilots said they were chasing Voss at one moment and then in the next instant he would be flying directly at them. The Sopwith Triplanewas different from the Fokker in that (a) all 3 wings of the Sopwith were the same chord dimension(narrowest part of wing), (b) the space between the wings was greater (with respect to wing chord), and (c) each wing of the Sopwith had control surface. The disadvantage of the Fokker was its short fuselage and large hoizontal tail during landing. Just as the a/c flared to land, the tail surface would stall out and airflow from the main wings would not flow over the tail. Thus the pilot had no tail control just prior to touchdown. Custermen
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Why are most Fokker Dr1 Triplanes red?
Fokker Triplanes were NOT Red. That is totally un-realistic. The Fokker Dr.1 triplanes came off the assembly line painted in light Blue with the upper surfaced painted with a Green wash. The top looked streaked. (This was different from many of the other airplanes that had 3 color or 5 color Lozenge patterns painted on the wing.) The Red Baron only flew two airplanes in his career that was all RED. One was an Albatros D-III and one was the Fokker Dr-1 that he was shot down in. He flew other Fokker Triplanes: some had Red only on top wing and engine cowl. Some colors of Triplanes flown by other aces were painted all Medium Blue or White. Many had the tail painted with the squadron markings, such as Black/White stripes. The highest ranking ace at the time the Triplane was produced was Werner Voss. He received one of the first airplanes, almost a prototype. He flew a triplane with a replacement engine in a famous dogfight on 23 September 1917. In this battle, he single-handily fought 7 British SE-5, including one ace. Werner Voss painted a "smiley face" on the front cowling of his Triplane. The engine cowling had two holes just above the propellor opening. The holes had white painted around them to resemble eyes and some eyebrows were painted over them and the propellor opening had a mustache painted over it---all in white on the Green cowling. This "Smiley face" is seen in movies and other media on all Triplanes. It was never used by anyone EXCEPT Werner Voss's plane. The movie "Flyboys" was very inaccurate in showing all the Triplanes painted Red.
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