Game Performance

 
      Plane, Top Speed (Year Introduced)    
Year Month Germans     British French
1915 Winter         Morane Bullet 90 (1915)
  Spring          
  Summer     Fokker E.III 88 (Aug 1915)    
  Fall         Nieuport 11 97 (Jun 1915)
1916 Winter       Airco DH2 93 (Feb. 1916)  
  Spring   Halberstadt D.II 90 (May 1916)   Sopwith Pup 99 (Apr. 1916)  
  Summer         Nieuport 17 110 (April 1916)
  Fall Albatros D.II 109 (Sep 1916)       Spad VII 119 (Aug 1916)
1917 Winter       Sopwith Triplane 113 (Feb 1917)  
  Spring Albatros D.III 109( Apr 1917)     SE5a 138 (Apr 1917)  
  Summer Albatros D.Va 116 (July 1917) Pfalz D.III 102 (July 1917)     Nieuport 24
  Fall     Fokker Dr.I 103 (Sep 1917)    
1918 Winter       Sopwith Camel 115 (July 1917) Nieuport 28 122 (Jan 1918)
  Spring     Fokker D.VII 114 (May 1918)   Spad XIII 133 (Feb 1918)
  Summer Siemens-Schuckert D.III 113 (Jul 1918) Pfalz D.XII 103      
  Fall     Fokker D.VIII 127 (Aug 1918) Sopwith Snipe 121 (Sep 1918)  




Airplane   When Historical Game Max Game        
    Introduced Speed Speed Speed Speed*        
  Country Mo, Yr mph (Indicated) on Guage mph Guns Stability Structure Turning
Morane Bullet French Jan-15 90 78 160 78 1 Good Poor Poor
Halberstadt D.II German May-15 90 142 220 85 1 Fair Fair Fair
Nieuport 11 French Jun-15 97 140 220 84 1 Top Very good Very good Good
Fokker E.III German Aug-15 88 152 220 91 1 Good Fair Fair
Airco DH2 British Feb-16 93 86 160 86 1 Good Poor Fair
Sopwith Pup British Apr-16 99 95 160 95 1 Excellent Good  
Nieuport 17 French Apr-16 110 145 220 87 1 Good Good Fair
Spad VII French Aug-16 119 108 160 108 2 Excellent Excellent Good
Albatros D.II German Sep-16 109 137 220 82 2 Good Fair Fair
Nieuport 24 French Jan-17   158 220 95 2 Excellent Excellent Very good
Sopwith Triplane British Feb-17 113 107 160 107 1 Spins Fair Good
SE5a British Apr-17 138 114 160 114 2 Poor, spin Fair Good
Albatros D.III German Apr-17 109 158 220 95 2 Good Fair Fair
Sopwith Camel British Jul-18 115 98 160 98 2 Poor, spin Fair Pulls right
Albatros D.Va German Jul-17 116 162 220 97 2 Good Fair Poor
Pfalz D.III German Jul-17 102 165 220 99 2 Poor, spin Fair Poor
Fokker Dr.I German Sep-17 103 170 220 102 2 Excellent Very good Excellent
Nieuport 28 French Jan-18 122 167 220 100 1, off center Good Very good Good
Spad XIII French Feb-18 133 180 220 108 2 Excellent Excellent Good
Fokker D.VII German May-18 114 180 220 108 2 Excellent Excellent Good
Siemens-Schuckert D.III German Aug-18 113 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Pfalz D.XII German Sep-18 103 160 220 96 1 Poor, spin Good Poor
                     
Assumed planes w/220 max     Stability = likely to spin out of control ability to make turns without going into a spin            
speed were kph. Converted     Strength = likely to come apart pulling out of a dive ability to pull out of a dive without losing parts            
to mph as (kph x 0.60).     Turning = ability to make a tight turn              
Speed was observed on guage                    


Last Updated on 2/26/98
By Frank J. Hearl