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[WulfPack3]

The Junkers D.1 was the 1st all-metal fighter to enter service in ww1 and help lay the way most of the planes on IL-2 and this is why it should be on IL-2.

The Junkers D.I was a fighter aircraft produced in Germany late in World War I, significant for becoming the first all-metal fighter to enter service. The prototype first flew on 17 September 1917. During tests, the D.1 was felt to lack the maneuverability necessary for a front-line fighter, but was judged fit for a naval fighter, and a batch of 12 was ordered. These were to have been supplied to a naval unit by September 1918, but instead equipped the same unit redeployed to the Eastern Front after the Armistice.

Specifications

Crew: One pilot
Length: 7.25 m (23 ft 9.4 in)
Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6.3 in)
Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Powerplant: 1 × BMW IIIa water-cooled 6-cylinder inline, 138 kW (185 hp)
Maximum speed: 225 km/h (140 mph)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)

Armament
2 × fixed, forward-firing Spandau machine guns

[max_thehitman]

Well, actually the Junkers J-1 was the world's first practical all-metal aircraft.
it was nicknamed the "Blechesel" ... The "Tin Donkey" or "Sheet Metal Donkey"   
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_J_1

But you are also correct by saying The D-1 was the first all-metal Fighter in the world.
Only 41 aircraft were built by the end of  the war and it did not change the outcome of WW1. A rare
machine to be found on the german airfields. It was considered for its time to be very futuristic and
you could even say it was a "Luft`1919" aircraft.
Like the futuristic looking Horten-229 jet fighter was considered a Luft`46 aircraft.

[A1_Phoenix]

and also, one of those long forgotten "decent" toys in 90's kinder surprise heheh


S!
Andrea

[Fresco23]

I like it!

[HotelAlpha]

A great design that proved metal skin to be good, unlike the dope-and-cloth popular at the time    

+1

[David Prosser]

Hi, erer270. It would be great to see this plane, and the Junkers two seater in the game.

cheers

David Prosser

[Verhängnis]

What good is metal when the pilot is exposed? German engine development was too poor to support these machines.

[David Prosser]

I agree Verhangnis. However, it would be another unique kill to ad to one's late war score.

cheers


David Prosser

[HotelAlpha]

What good is metal when the pilot is exposed? German engine development was too poor to support these machines.

 


I was talking about it being the start of metallic planes, and I know the engines were bad    

But it was an improvement

[SAS~Malone]

whether it was good or not, is irrelevant.
a worthy request, imho.   

[GerritJ9]

Respectfully submit that since it did not see combat against the state-of-the-art Allied fighters of the day (Camel, Snipe, SE5, SPAD XIII) we don't KNOW whether it was any good or not.

[SAS~Malone]

sure, we don't know, but if we could build one with a guess-timated FM, then we could maybe get a rough idea of how it might've performed against its contemporaries.
granted, it would still all be a bit of a guessing game, lol...