Fokker D.VII seaplane conversions...

[puddingwrestler]

Gentlemen, Ladies, Gentlmen who think they are ladies, Ladies who think they are ex-parrots, and small furry doo-hickeys from the crab nebula;
Does anyone know of or have pics of a Fokker D.VII fitted with floats? Was there a seaplane version ever built?
I ask because I have a spare D.VII left over and an urge to build a WWI San Tortan Air Force sea plane whiff. Although it'll probably not be a D.VII, the D.VII will be a donor kit for it, and I'd like to see how these things could be realistically done.
I'd be particularly interested in any decent pics of 1916-18 era floats since I'll have to build those from scratch...


...oh, and if anyone can think of a way to make a realistic 1/48 scale sloth-skin coat I might be able to put the infamous Rodrigo Empanada in the pilot's seat...

[philp]

Don't see anything out there for a Fokker floatplane.  They did use an Albatross with a twin float system that looks pretty cool.

[Radish]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Fokker D.VII on floats....cool.
The Soviets had at least one 2-seat D.VII on skis.

The Finns had a D.VII and so did Sweden so there's some nautical interest.


And the Dutch had them, of course, so one in the Dutch East Indies?
The US took lots of European-designed aircraft home, so how about a US Navy Fokker on floats?

And I thought of a Fokker Dr.I on a single "wide" float....might still do that.

Fokker D.VII on floats....a damned good idea!!!

[puddingwrestler]

I'm thinking it will be the Empanada Speziale - a prototype based on captured Fokkers and anything else to hand developed by the infamous Rodrigo Empanada in France, during 1918. Never went into production. So far, I think it's going to be turned into a monoplane, stretched, floated, and possibly fitted with rear guns... a plane everybit as insane as it's creator...

[Aircav]

I've been thinking about putting floats on a Fokker Dr.1 and a D.VIII for a while, may be a Sopwith Triplane too.

[puddingwrestler]

Egads! COuld this be the germ of a new Group build - the 'strap floats to a successful WW1 fighter for the hell of it' GB??

[Aircav]

DH.2 would look good too 

[Radish]

A DH2 would look bonzer.

Going to turn one of my D.VIIs into a D.VII.V (with the upper wing only....it was tested as such and found to be OK) as well as a D.VII.VII/V

[NARSES2]

I'll thumb through my old copies of "Cross and Cockade" and see if I can find a mention

Don't think they would have built one however as they had the Hansa Brandenbergs by then - now there's an idea a Hansa on wheels 

[jcf]

I'll thumb through my old copies of "Cross and Cockade" and see if I can find a mention

Don't think they would have built one however as they had the Hansa Brandenbergs by then - now there's an idea a Hansa on wheels 

I take it that you mean the Heinkel designed H-B W.29 and W.33 monoplanes, as they also built the very similar W.12 biplane seaplane fighter and various types of land planes.

Post war the Finns put the W.33 on skis.

I you do make a wheeled conversion of the W.12, 29 or 33 you'll want to flip the rudder 180.

Jon

[jcf]

Not a D.7 but the very similar C.1 as a floatplane.
The C.1 was developed from the D.7




Jon

[NARSES2]

Yup Idid mean the W.29 & W.33. Always liked the look of them especially in "Navy Lozenge"