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Fokker D.XVII

1930s Dutch biplane fighter

Summary

1930s Dutch biplane fighter

Field	Value
name	D.XVII
image	File:Dutch Fokker D.XVII 2161 026350.jpg
type	Fighter/Trainer aircraft
national_origin	Netherlands
manufacturer	Fokker
first_flight	27 November 1931
retired	1940
primary_user	Royal Netherlands Air Force
produced	1932-1934
number_built	11
developed_from	Fokker D.XVI

Fokker D.XVII (sometimes written as Fokker D.17), was a 1930s Dutch sesquiplane developed by Fokker. It was the last fabric-covered biplane fighter they developed in a lineage that extended back to the First World War Fokker D.VII.

Design and development

The Curtiss Conqueror powered D.XVII prototype.

Problems with severe vibration in the Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial engine on the Fokker D.XVI resulted in one being converted to use a normally aspirated 500 hp Curtiss Conqueror V-1570 V-twelve, becoming the prototype for the D.XVII. Production versions were fitted with a 600 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel, while one aircraft was built with a 790 hp Lorraine Pétrel and another was built with a 690 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs for comparison purposes. Structure was standard for Fokkers throughout the 1920s. The sesquiplane's fuselage was welded steel tube with fabric covering and the wings were made with wood spars and ribs covered with plywood.

Operational history

On 18 January 1935, Lieutenant René Wittert van Hoogland set a Dutch high-altitude record in a Fokker D.XVII of 10180 m while using oxygen and high octane fuel.

By May 1939, the aircraft was obsolete and remaining examples were transferred to the LVA Flying School for fighter pilot training however they saw some action during the Battle of the Netherlands, escorting Fokker C.Vs and C.Xs on bombing missions. When the Netherlands surrendered to the Germans, all surviving aircraft were set on fire.

Airspeed Ltd. had a licence to build Fokker aircraft in England and considered making the Fokker D.XVII fighter for Greece under the designation Airspeed AS.17. Greek government interest was constrained by currency concerns. Nevil Shute and a Fokker representative "who was well accustomed to methods of business in the Balkans" spent three weeks in Athens but they did not close the deal.

Operators

;Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Air Force
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army - one example

Specifications (Fokker D.XVII)

Drawing of Fokker D.XVII prototype with [[Curtiss Conqueror]] engine.

and A Dutch Fighter |prime units?=met

2.8 minutes to 2000 m
5.7 minutes to 4000 m
10 minutes to 6000 m
18 minutes to 8000 m
29 minutes to 9000 m |wing loading kg/m2=75 |wing loading lb/sqft= |power/mass=0.195 hp/lb

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

Gustavsson, 2012
plus 1 prototype converted from a D.XVIWestburg, 1974, p.17
Westburg, 1974, p.21
Davis, 1932, p.80
Norway, 1954, p.226
Taylor, 1970, p.
Spooner, 1934, pp.310-311

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