| M 10 | |
|---|---|
 M.10Z | |
| General information | |
| Type | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Fokker |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen) |
| Number built | Small numbers of M 10E (B.I) and 23 M10Z (B.II) |
| History | |
| Developed from | Fokker M.7 |
TheFokker M 10 was a two-seater reconnaissance / trainer biplane withsingle-bay wings equipped with wing-warping controls for roll, powered by a 7-cylinder 80 hpOberursel U.0 engine. Several M 10 aircraft were purchased by the Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops of Austro Hungary.
During the First World War theImperial and Royal Aviation Troops (colloquially known as the Austro-Hungarian Air Service or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen) lacked aircraft production capacity, purchasing aircraft from itsGerman ally. In 1916 the Fokker M 10 was acquired in two versions, with single-bay wings as theFokker M 10E (E for Einstielig), known to the Luftfahrtruppen as theFokker B.I), and theFokker M 10Z (Z for Zweistielig), with two-bay wings (known by the Luftfahrtruppen as theFokker B.II).[1]
The single-bay winged M 10E (B.I) was powered by an 60 kW (80 hp)Oberursel U.0 7-cyl. rotary engine and was derived directly from the earlierFokker M 7, which had been operated by the Naval air service of theKaiserliche Marine from 1915. The aircraft were almost identical with the exception of revised and strengthened undercarriage and centre section cabane struts.
The first 12 machines,03.13-03.24, were delivered in January-February 1915. The last 12, 03.29-03.40 were all delivered without engines by January 1916. Aircraft served in Flik 6 on the Balkan Front; Fliks 14, 25, 27 on the Isonzo Front and Fliks 16 and 17 in Karnten and the Tyrol until early 1916. As they became replaced by better, more powerful machines they were relegated to secondary training activities, serving with Fleks 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 until the end of the war.
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