Fokker Dr.1 Triplane - In The Movies 

Years ago at an airshow there was a perfect Triplane replica being flown. I spoke with the pilot afterwards... he said you could NOT take your hand off the stick. If you did the plane would immediately roll over. This characteristic though, in his words... were what made it an excellent dogfighter. You could spin it on a dime.

The Red Baron movie depicted actual rotary engines. You can see the cylinders spinning at 4:46. Most movie productions used the more common and reliable radial engine.

The Dr.1 had a full floating vertical stabilizer. Meaning that the entire unit moved, and not just a control surface attached to an immobile vertical stabilizer. While this wasn't unique to the Fokker, Some Nieuports had it too, but it was unique to a stubby winged triplane and made it shockingly maneuverable in the horizontal axis. It also made it very lively and tiring to fly. The biggest problem with the Dr.1 though, was it's lack of speed. It had to stand and fight whether it liked the odds or not, but much faster aircraft like the SPAD XIII, Bristol F.2 Fighter, and SE5a, could engage and disengage more or less at will.

I helped build a Dr.I replica a few years ago, with a friend. Complete with propane guns for an extra pop when flying.

Your videos are good. No filler, only as long as they need to be, great clips, layout the facts and get out. "Alright I'm Johnny.." love it.

Facts :- Indra lal roy is the only Indian Ace serving in the Royal flying corps during ww1 , having credited to shoot down 10 including fokker DVIIs . His nickname was Laddie.

Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies That's where the legend will arise And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die

Although Tiger Moths were used in The Blue Max, the aeroplane that you show at 3:50 is actually a Stampe SV.4C (also used). The Stampe has more rounded wing tips. 😊

I didn’t realize that space between the wheels was a “fourth wing!” Thanks for the update, Johnny! Can you do vids of other WW1 classics like: the Sopwith Camel, Albatros, Nieuport, S.E.5 or the Spad?

I hadn't seen this one so with this, along with the lunge mine video, it's like Christmas

I'd never heard about the "4th wing" of the DR-1. That's the kind of info that keeps me watching this channel.

I've always wanted to fly a triplane. There are some really good models available in the experimental aircraft class.

Most of the fighters in WW1 used radial rotary engines...where the propeller is bolted on to the engine which SPINS. Yep, only the clip from the "Red Baron" got it right. I love the Great Waldo Pepper and the Blue Max (nothing like the book) and they're both movies I'm planning to buy, when they come on sale, streaming. They're awesome!

I actually built a DR 1 in my garage on plans I got from a guy in Germany who builds new ones. My garage was the neighborhood's kids favorite hangout

Ah, Johnny, continual release of such high-quality content is so greatly appreciated! Your statement about “Tempered”expectations” was definitely required regarding ‘Flyboys’! If the skies were that filled with red Dr.1s, the Allies would have had to counter- with hundreds of aeroplanes of their own … wait… in that film, they did! I’ve noted this problem in recent CGI-heavy “historical” aviation films from the aforementioned ’Flyboys’ to World War II films, in which the monstrous and endless streams of Yank B-17s flying formations with three-foot separations from East Anglia to Berlin rain hell on the Reich. I often think that ‘Rise of Flight’ videos are far more realistic! Again thanks for the hours you have spent in your great videos.

The design advantage of a triplane such as the Dr.I is not aspect ratio (the short, stubby wings actually have a lower aspect ratio than a longer, thinner wing), but in the greater wing area and thus much lighter wing loading, making the aircraft more maneuverable. To make the tight turns needed for dogfighting, the wings have to lift several times the airplane’s weight. Today, we call this “pulling Gs”. Obviously a wing with a larger area is going to make getting that large amount of lift easier. The short wing span of this design also makes for a much more rigid structure, in theory. In reality, the Dr.I suffered a number of fatal accidents due to the upper wing tearing away. Post-war testing revealed that the upper wing was carrying the majority of the load. The lower two wings were too close together and aerodynamically interfered with one another, especially at high angle of attack. Still, not a bad airplane for an emergency design built in the heat of a losing war with an obsolete, underpowered engine.

thank you.. we love that era...

Dude your channel is so nice. Your calling voice in combo with the information. Underrated channel

So happy to see that couple seconds of It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown at the end there! You just made my day!

Our family friends father , Mr Dutton , was a WW1 Veteran , who was one of the machine gunners on the ground firing at the Red Baron on his last flight , bringing back to New Zealand a peice of the Red Barons Dr.1 aircraft , which is now in the Auckland War Memorial Musuem

3:19 I always forget how good BF1 looks omg

Updating old videos always is a good idea. Especially if they weren't watched as much, given how RU-vid's algorithm works.

No care about it being an update. Your vids are great man

Darn, still no Red Baron I or 3D footage. Those games need more love. In spite of that, what an awesome plane this is, and that's coming from one who prefers WW2 craft, modern jets, and fictional starfighters.

Both the Sopwith Triplane and the Fokker Dr.1 had problems. These were partially due to poor quality control and partly to the fact that wing loading of the top wing was greater than that on the other wings. This put extra loading on the top wing when performing high speed turns and climbs during combat and could cause chronic structural problems which on the Dr.1 caused the wing to come off. Research carried out in 1921 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) found that the upper wing carried a higher lift coefficient than the lower wing which at high speeds it could be 2.55 times as much. Painstaking research has now concluded that Captain Brown did not shoot down von Richthofen and it was actually an Australian soldier with his trusty Lee Enfield.

Would just like to say Johnny, despite the inherently violent nature of the subject matter, your narrative tone is incredibly soothing! Would you consider creating a playlist of all of your videos in one?

My username that I've used for over 20 years is part inspired by Werner Voss. Grew up in awe of his story. Always used the Dr. I whenever I could in flying games!

The Sopwith Triplane wasn't made for super maneuverability or climbing, which was just secondary attributes that the Tripe got. It was made so as to give better visibility from the cockpit over the thicker Sopwith Pup's wings and yet have the same square footage of wing area. So Sopwith was like how can we improve the view for the pilot and yet have the same size wing as the Pup and so the Triplane was born. Anthony Fokker was not 100% sold on the triplane configuration but the Germans wanted it and since they was his largest customer he had to make it.

That was interesting man, thanks. See ya for the next one Johnny.

Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior; now you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr. . . but you doesn't hasta call me Johnson!"

2:11 2:39 Snoopy’s Arch Nemesis.

D refers to the type not necessarily the model. Doppeldecker meaning double winged. Just as E for eindecker & Dr for Dreidecker one & 3 decks/wings respectively. Point being there weren't any Albatross Eine oder Drei "models". Also, the shorter span of the Dr1 improved roll rate not lift, or climb & descent.

Your breadth of movies and tv is amazing…. Snoopy and Bebop. Hahaha wow!

Right as I was in biplane fever :) nice timing Johnny! 🍷🗿👍

A rather fun depiction of the Fokker Dr.1 occurs in Darling Lily, starring Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson and Jeremy Kemp (the latter played Willie in The Blue Max). After landing to rescue his downed friend TC, Rock Hudson's Major Larabie steals the Red Baron's red triplane and shoots up the airfield. Silly, but the combat scenes in Darling Lily are quite good.

WW1 fighter pilot looks absolutely terrifying. Motorized kites with machine guns.

"Yo Dawg, I herd you like wings... so we put wings on your wings, on another pair of wings, so you can fly while you fly!"

Good one Johnny !

It still surprieses me that despite having the Weakest air arms of ww1 , Ottoman turkey still managed to grab some impressing victories against Allies and also the Turkish national revolutionaries were able to unite their country back.

*_The WWI Flying Ace Joke_* (I first read this in "Boys LIfe" when I was 11 years old in 1963 - but I had already heard it - and it was obvious that "Boys Life" (being the kind of thing that it was) didn't get the joke). Little Johnny took his Grand Father, the World War One Flying Ace to school for Show and Tell. His Grand Father regaled the class with stories until he got to this one. "Yeah. This one time ... me and my buddy Max ... took on 7 of these Fookers." Here the Teacher interrupted. "Children, the Fokker was a type of German Aircraft." "Right you are Missy," said the WWI Flying Ace, "but these Fookers was flying Albatrosses!" .

You forgot to mention that Werner Voss goes dogfight alone against dozen of the best of best from the British Royal Flying corps with his Fokker Triplane

Fun fact: Anthony Fokker moved to Nyack New York for a short time after the war.

great video, could you do a video on the FAL?

Von Richtofen certainly claimed 19 victories while flying Fokker Triplanes but only a few of them were destroyed while he was flying an all red machine. The rest were either in factory finish or partially painted red. He was of course killed in an all red triplane.

My understanding is that the Fokker D.VII was the much better aircraft. _The Blue Max_ is a great movie. In my opinion the best but one of the reasons for that - is that it is entirely fictional. Most if not all of the others while having some basis in reality were so distorted as to lessen the quality of the film. Most of the aircraft in _The Blue Max_ are Tiger Moths but they had some nice D. VII and SE 5 mock ups - as well as an observation plane. One thing about _Fly Boys_ was how it showed a guy getting killed in training. They lost A LOT of people in training. Another film with more Tiger Moth's is _High Road To China_ . It's a fun film and Bess Armstrong is hot. .

Terence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven has a Fokker Triplane in it. It's not a war movie, it's set in America.

I like the red baron and the flying circus and they did a very good movie with the sick paint jobs on the planes

Hey man you should definitely do the MP5. Love your videos.

Since Snoopy was in this video, we gonna need Sopwith Camel in the movies!

I really like how they got the machine guns to work with the propeller w/o hitting it.

Please do a video on the horizon blue French uniform of WW1 and if it was effective

"CURSE YOU, RED BARON!!" -- a certain World Famous World War I Flying Ace.

You should look at the Type 2 Paratrooper! It was actually in a handful movies like the first Manchurian Candidate

The Fokker Dr.1 suffered most of its crashes during takeoff and landing. It was notoriously difficult to control at those times, hence why few flew it. How odd that the Germans made the same mistake during World War II, the Messerschmitt 109 also being crash prone during takeoff and landing. Why would you sacrifice those parts of performance for manoeuvrability and top speed? You can't fly a wrecked plane.

Aaaaaaaaaaaalright, I’m Johnny > Alright, I’m Johnny.

Fokker itself is a Dutch plane maker, that went bankrupt in 1996

Fokker was a great Dutch guy. Did great things for Germany. We Need more Fokkers.

The footage from the first 17 seconds says that it is from Ace of Aces, though the only movie with that title I could find is a 1933 film that is not even in color.

supposedly Fokker's test pilot felt the plane was dangerously unstable and twitchy so when time came for government trials Fokker told the government pilot to be careful it was highly manurable

And as for small arms i hope to see the Lee Enfield or the Kar98k next

Can you make a video about finish sub machine guns

This is machine that man used and nothing in between, and the Flying Circus and the man from Prussia

Waldo Pepper is a great movie!

If you are in the North East of the States a visit to The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome for a genuine flying circus of WWI era planes you can also hire a ride in an old mail delivery biplane - weekends only during flying weather

More wings, more climb, more drag …….. I’ve tried to understand aeronautical engineering……. And I’ve failed! Nice JJ. I still look forward to your work

The popular plane from Hollywood movie by one time, until they focused on other franchises instead of planes. Developers tells all even the writers.

i fokking love this plane

The Blue Max is a great movie and Flyboys a cinematic masterpiece Change my mind

I never knew Blue Max was filmed in Ireland.. ( North or South?) .. if south they prob had a supply of Tiger moths still as military vehicles and aircraft have LONG careers in the Southern forces.

The best flying sequences using WWl aircraft is still Wings.

Aces High is my favourite ww1 flying movie but no triplanes

My fathers boat growing up was called the Red Baron

When comparing the Red Baron to Flyboy, at least Red Baron got the tone right.

Question. What do you think Red Baron would think of the BF109?

Rotary or.dadial engine?

On the subject of misinterpreted words intentionally or not, i heard a story about the Swedish word mentioned to an English speaking person who replied "you shouldn´t say that!", but it was just the Swedish word "faktiskt", too close to F this in English (meaning actually, faktiskt).

THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOVES AND THE MASTER SERVICES INCLUDE IN THE PARADISE VALLEY I HAVE BEEN HEDY DELTA WAITING AIRPORT WITH.

min 328 what episode of cowboy bebop is that?

Blue Max did not use Tiger Moths, those aircrafts are belgian Stampes... highly similar, but different aicraft

Real, do the m48

2:23 I see what you did there Johnny! 😜🤣

How about one on the Chauchet Lmg. As a collector of militaria I do have a German ww1 flying hat with googles.

Meet the real Fokker’s.

No mention of early cinema depictions of WW1: Wings, Hell’s Angel's-??? 🤔

What's ur background

I really want a great accurate ww1 dogfight movie like with tora tora tora and the Battle of Britain.

Ah Flyboys, first PG-13 movie I saw in theaters

A 110hp engine? Crazy 😵

2:23 What the Fokker!

Reupload?

What still weirds me out is the amount of anime with all these guns, tanks and airplanes lol

So back then, there were rotary engines that actually spun with the propeller? Why was that?

NO WAY

This a mother Fokker of a good video

To be fair. The red baron was snooped.

Meet the Fokkers, the triplane.

For the younger generation who have never really heard of the great rivalry between Snoopy and the Red Baron, here is a song commemorating it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mWV5FrFITcg.html

Weird how you just rereleased this a few days after i watched the old one.

Red baron