Fokker C.XI

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name=C.XI-W


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type=Reconnaissance seaplane
manufacturer=Fokker
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first flight=avyear|1935
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primary user=Royal Netherlands Navy
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number built=14
variants with their own articles=The Fokker C.XI-W was a reconnaissance seaplane designed to operate from warships that was produced in the Netherlands in the mid 1930s. It was the result of a Royal Netherlands Navy specification of 1935 requesting such an aircraft. Fokker's response was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced by N-struts. The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the undercarriage consisted of twin pontoons. The wings were of wooden construction with plywood and fabric covering, and the fuselage was of steel tube, also covered with fabric.

The prototype first flew on 20 July 1935. Green 1962, p.143.] After successful catapult trials, an order for a further 13 C.XI-Ws was placed, the aircraft being used to equip the cruisers HNLMS "Tromp" and HNLMS "De Ruyter" while operating in European waters; but most were sent to the Netherlands East Indies to equip the Navy there. Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, the last surviving C.XI-W in Europe was successfully evacuated to the UK on 22 May. From there, it was also shipped to the Netherlands East Indies. None seem to have survived past March 1942.

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crew=Two, pilot and observer
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length m=10.40
length ft=34
length in=2
span m=13.00
span ft=42
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height m=4.50
height ft=14
height in=10
wing area sqm=40.0
wing area sqft=431
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empty weight kg=1,715
empty weight lb=3,781
gross weight kg=2,545
gross weight lb=5,611
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eng1 type=Wright R-1820-F52
eng1 kw= 578
eng1 hp= 775
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max speed kmh=280
max speed mph=174
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range km=730
range miles=454
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ceiling m=6,400
ceiling ft=21,000
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climb rate ms=4.8
climb rate ftmin=940
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armament1=1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.9 mm FN-Browning machine gun in forward fuselage
armament2=1 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.9 mm FN-Browning machine gun in observer's cockpit
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