Steve's Models

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

For my next project I may be a little too ambitious. I'm planning to build the Fokker B.II, but the plane itself is fascinating to me.

Fokker numbered their models with an 'M'. M1-M4 were Anthony Fokker's original 'Spin' ('Spider') monoplanes. M5 was the monoplane he based on the Morane-Saulnier 'H' he had purchased, M5K ('Kurtz', or short wing) and M5L ('Lange', or long wing). M6 was an M5L with two seats for observation use.

M7 was a sesquiplane based on the M6 fuselage, and had an upper wingspan 4 meters (15 feet) longer than the lower. They then made the M10e, which was similar but had a shorter upper wing and longer lower wing. Finally they made M10z, which was a full biplane.

There were only 20 M7s built, some going to the Kaiserliche Marine and some to the Austrian Air Force, which designated them B.I. The number of M10e is unknown, but tiny. They were also called B.I by the Austrians. M10z was called B.II and there were only 23 of them.

My problem is that I think both planes are cool, so the part I mentioned at the first about ambition is that I'm planning to build both at the same time. We'll see how it goes.

M7:


M10z

Interesting and odd that I've never known of that Fokker. Your Aviatik came out nice crash and all.