1/72 Phonix DIII

Description

This is an injection-plastic aircraft model kit.

From the manufacturer’s website:

The robustly-built fighter biplane Phoenix D.I was produced by Phoenix Flugzeugwerke AG, Vienna’s aircraft factory. It was derived in the middle of 1917 year from the licence-built Hansa Brandenburg D.I type by the Phoenix design department, guided by Diplom- Ingenieur Leo Kirsten. The wing system was created by Diplom-Ingenieur Edmund Sparman, an Austria prewar pilot and designer. The wooden fuselage was derived from the Hansa Brandenburg D. I but it was a few inches longer to accommodate the 200hp Hiero engine. Armament consisted of twin synchronized Schwarzlose 8.8 mm machine guns. These were mounted well forward alongside the engine. Inward-sloping wing struts were typical for Sparman-designed wing cellule. Flight comparsions performed in September 1917, showed that Phoenix D.I was faster in speed and climb than the Albatros D.III and possessed better flight characteristics than the Aviatik (Berg) D.I.