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Fokker E.IV

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Fighter aircraft

Fokker E.IV

General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Fokker-Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Anthony Fokker
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	49
History
Manufactured	1915-1916
Introduction date	October 1915
First flight	September1915
Variants	E.I -E.II -E.III

TheFokker E.IV was the final variant of theEindecker fighter aircraft that was operated byGermany duringWorld War I.

Design and development

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Trio of lMG 08 Machine guns reportedly on Kurt Wintgens' E.IV

Given theFokker designation ofM.15, the E.IV was essentially a lengthenedFokker E.III powered by the 119 kW (160 hp)Oberursel U.III two-row, 14-cylinderrotary engine, a copy of the Gnome Double Lambda. The more powerful engine was intended to enable theEindecker to carry two or three 7.92 mm (.312 in)machine guns, thereby increasing its firepower and providing redundancy if one gun jammed - a common occurrence at the time. However, the E.IV was a troubled design that never achieved the success of its predecessor and was soon outclassed byFrench andBritish fighters.^[1]

The Fokker E.IV's original "three-Spandau" armament, before the portside gun was removed.

The prototype E.IV was accepted for testing by the GermanInspektion der Fliegertruppen in September 1915. It was fitted with three forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in)lMG 08 "Spandau" machine guns, mounted to fire upwards at 15°.Anthony Fokker demonstrated the E.IV atEssen but the complicated triple-synchronization gear failed and thepropeller was damaged. The removal of the left-side gun is believed to have been pioneered onOswald Boelcke's E.IV, believed to have borne IdFlieg serial 123/15, with a simpler double-synchronisation system used on the retained center-line and right sideMG 08 Spandau guns. The fitment of dual MG 08 "Spandau" forward-firing synchronized machine guns became the standard armament for production E.IVs, and indeed for all subsequent German D-typebiplane fighters. The angling of the guns was also abandoned.

Operational history

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Fokker E.IV's three gun installation, seen "nose-on".

The modified prototype underwent combat evaluation on theWestern Front byOberleutnantOtto Parschau in October 1915, making it the first twin-gun fighter in service. Leading Germanace Oswald Boelcke evaluated the E.IV at Fokker'sSchwerin factory in November. The pilots discovered that mounting the much heavier Oberursel U.III onto theEindecker airframe did not produce a better aircraft - one pilot described it as "practically a flying engine." Theinertial andgyroscopic forces of the spinning mass made the E.IV less manoeuvrable than the E.III and any loss of efficiency from the notoriously unreliable engine made the aircraft virtually uncontrollable, requiring the engine to be switched off. Turning under such conditions was exceedingly difficult because the E.IV still usedwing warping instead ofailerons. Furthermore, the engine worked well when new, but lost power after only a few hours of operation.

Only 49 E.IVs were built out of the totalEindecker production run of 416 aircraft. Over half of the E.IVs entered service in June 1916 and the last were delivered in December 1916 by which time they were obsolete.

Operators

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German Empire

Luftstreitkräfte operated 48 aircraft.
Kaiserliche Marine received one aircraft.

Specifications (E.IV)

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General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 15.9 m² (171 sq ft)
Empty weight: 466 kg (1,027 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 724 kg (1,596 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×Oberursel U.III 14-cyl. two-row air-cooled rotary piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
Range: 240 km (150 mi, 130 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,960 m (12,990 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.167 m/s (820.3 ft/min)

Armament

Guns: 2 × forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in)LMG 08 "Spandau"machine guns

or 3 x forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in)LMG 08 "Spandau"machine guns

References

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^Gray & Thetford, p. 84

Bibliography

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Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) [1970].German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam.ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
Green, William & Swanborough, Gordon (2001) [1994].The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Built and Flown (Revised and Updated ed.). London: Salamander Books.ISBN 1-84065-269-1.

Fokker aircraft

Company designations
pre-1918

M.1 M.2 M.3 M.4 M.5 M.6 M.7 M.8 M.9 M.10 M.14 M.15 M.16 M.17 M.18 M.19 M.21 M.22
V.1 V.2 V.3 V.4 V.5 V.6 V.7 V.8 V.9 V.10 V.11 V.12 V.13 V.14 V.16 V.17 V.18 V.20 V.21 V.22 V.23 V.24 V.25 V.26 V.27 V.28 V.29 V.30 V.31 V.33 V.34 V.35 V.36 V.37 V.38 V.39 V.40 V.41 V.42 V.43 V.44 V.45 W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4

Austro-Hungarian
military designations

German military
designations

A.I A.II A.III
C.I
D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII
Dr.I
E.I E.II E.III E.IV E.V
F.I
K.I

Company designations
post-1918

continuing
German military
style designations:

B.I B.II B.III B.IV B.V B.VI
C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XIV C.XV
D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV D.XVI D.XVII D.XVIII D.XIX D.XX D.XXI D.22 D.23 D.24
DC.I DC.II
F.I F.II F.III F.IV F.V F.VI F.VII F.VIII F.IX F.X F.XI F.XII F.XIII F.XIV F.XV F.XVI F.XVII F.XVIII F.XIX F.XX F.XXI F.XXIII F.25 F26 F27 F28 F.29 F.37
FG.I FG.II FG.III FG.IV
G.I G.II G.III
S.I S.II S.III S.IV S.V S.VI S.VII S.VIII S.IX S.X S.11 S.12 S.13 S.14 S.15 S.16
T.II T.III T.IV T.V T.VI T.VII T.VIII T.IX T.10

based on
seating:

Atlantic Aircraft
(Fokker America/Atlantic-Fokker)

United States
military designations

Observation:	AO-1 CO-4 XO-27
Transports:	T-2 C-2 C-5 C-7 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-20 C-31 RA
Bombers:	XHB-2 XLB-2 XB-8 FT-1 FT-2
Attack:	XA-7
Fighters:	PW-5 PW-6 PW-7
Ambulance:	A-2
Trainer:	TW-4

v t e Idflieg E-class aircraft designations
Fokker	E.I E.II E.III E.IV E.V
Junkers	E.I
LFG Roland	E.I
LVG	E.I
NFW	E.I E.II
Pfalz	E.I E.II E.III E.IV E.V E.VI
Siemens-Schuckert	E.I E.II E.III E.IV

v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

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