The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War German Fokker D.VIII fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines.
The Airdrome Fokker D-VIII features a parasol wing monoplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. The kit is made up of twelve sub-kits. The Airdrome Fokker D-VIII has a wingspan of 251NaN1 and a wing area of 75square feet. It can be equipped with engines ranging from 46to. The standard engine is the 500NaN0 Rotax 503 two stroke engine or 350NaN0 Rotax 377, with a Volkswagen air-cooled engine optional. Continental A65 650NaN0 engines and 55to Lycoming O-145 powerplants have also been used. Building time from the factory-supplied kit is estimated at 400 hours by the manufacturer.[2]
Twenty-one examples had been completed by December 2011.