What is the name of this plane

[Typhoon 5]

A guy brought this model into the hangar today. No one could identify it.

The first one to get it right gets absolutely nothing. except a little satisfaction.

 

[Olham 164]

Wot? I get nossink for it? Wot about a virtual Warsteiner at least?

 

Typhoon, the models shows the triplane design by Pfalz.

 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfalz_Dr.I

 

The craft could have been a good fighter, had there not been the unreliability of the Siemens & Halske engine.

Only a handfull saw front service.

Edited October 25, 2015 by Olham

[Hauksbee 103]

I agree. Olham has it.

[JimAttrill 24]

I have heard it was a good engine but let down by the ersatz castor oil that they had to use. 

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

Puts me in mind of the test plane that the guy was killed in on Blue Max

[Olham 164]

I have heard it was a good engine but let down by the ersatz castor oil that they had to use. 

 

Yes, I also read something like that.

 

Widowmaker, the plane in The Blue Max was also silver, but it was a monoplane.

Does anyone know, which aircraft that was?

[Hauksbee 103]

The first one to get it right gets absolutely nothing. except a little satisfaction.

Where does Olham go to collect his satisfaction?

[JimAttrill 24]

The only monoplane I know of was the Fokker FVIII  but there may have been others. 

[JFM 18]

 

 

 

 

 

The parasol in Blue Max was bogus, as far as it being a German plane. A quick search reveals it was a Morane 230 with the front cockpit faired over.