Men who reproduced the German fighter plane at the time of World War I handmade, dancing at an altitude of 10,000 feet with a lawn mower engine

German monomodal single fighter plane during the First World WarFokker · EindexckerIs the first fighter equipped with a tuning device that can fire a machine gun through its rotating surface without punching the propeller and it is the world's first airplane that has undergone a change from "target" to "weapon" It is being evaluated.

On the 3/4 scale replica of that Fokker · Ein Decker equipped with a lawn mower engine, Britain ·EssexThere seems to be a man who fly above the sky.

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Mr. Dave Stephens (41) assembled a 3/4 scale Fokker using a kit from the United States and mounted a 690 cc mower engine. The time spent on assembly and painting is 5 months, the total cost is about 14,000 pounds (about 1.9 million yen).


Fuel is the same unleaded gasoline as running an ordinary car, and it is 25 pounds (about 3400 yen) with full tank. The weight of the aircraft is only 114 kg, it seems that it can fly at maximum altitude of about 10,000 feet (3030 m) and maximum speed of 50 miles (80 km / h). Mr. Stephens says that on a hot day, T-shirts are lightly dressed like a hat and fly without wearing helmets, but "Flying is a much safer sport than people think, if you look at the numbers, horseback riding Fishing has a high mortality rate and it is dangerous.When I entered life insurance, I realized that there are many mountains in the world that it is far more dangerous than flying in the sky. "


You can see the picture of Mr. Stephens' Fowler flying from the following video. Even though the engine sound can not be heard as the sound of the lawn mower ... or so, if you listen with eyes closed you are the lawn mower itself.
YouTube - fokker test flight.MP4


In the summer of 1915 during the First World War, Fokker-Ein Decker fought against Allied Army light-armed reconnaissance aircraft, and in the UK this is "Faulker's punishment"It is said that he was calling a powerless home airplane" Fodder's Food ". However, Mr. Stephens created this Fokker Ein Decker that "political thought is completely absent on the grounds that" I loved the radio control Fokker I had when I was a child. "


By the way,Black CrossMr. Stephens contacted the German Embassy in using the German Army of the Army of the German Army on the aircraft and it seems that the letter of reply made permission without problems,Halken KreuzIt is said that it is not possible to fly in the airspace if it is painted. " Currently in Germany the posting of Halken Kreuz is forbidden as a crime.

Mr. Stephens' Fokker Eindecker is a replica of the 1915 aircraft before the Nazis regime, and of course there is no Harken Kreuz anywhere on the fuselage, but interestingly there is another one replicated by Mr. Stephens Fighter aircraftMustangDespite being a coalition aircraft, Harken Kreuz is painted. This means that the US military pilots during the Second World War have recreated the Harken Kreuz on the side of the aircraft as many as they shot down German aircraft.