Ww1 german aircraft tail rudder

[m3bobby]

Looking at the one in the OP, it is the same as the one from ebay so that confirms it as a replica. All the dirt and creases are identical.

[brataccas]

for fokk sake.

[HARRY THE MOLE]

It must have belonged to some Fokker at one time though... [I] saw this on ebay a couple of months ago being sold as a copy. I'm fairly sure the original Fokker rudder was made from aluminium tube.

[CampX]

If I saw this for sale, I would pay $200 to $250 just to hang it on the wall. Don't think I will ever find an original WW1 Tail of anything.

Dean O

[wood]

Definitely a copy.
Pete

[Gunny Hartmann]

[another ant]

Fokker E.III
Unit: KEK Habsheim
Serial: Fok.EIII 105/15
Pilot - feldwebel Ernst Udet, 1916.

not to be seem much



some were marked in this manner

[Allegra]

Unfortunately it is a copy IMO.

I am including some photos of a Sopwith Camel rudder that is currently for sale by a dealer as a comparison.

It is priced at over US$9 400. A Fokker rudder would, I believe, be more than this.

Cheers
Tim



Edit: The only original E3 is in the Science Museum in London.

The E3 used chrome-molybdenum steel tubing for the basic fuselage structure instead of wooden components.

See photos:

[Clive Politienne Grech]

That's from a Fokker Eindecker and not from a triplane because if it was from a triplane, there would have been Dr.1 and not E.III

[Danmark]

I'm with Dean (campX) - damn fine wall hanger even as a copy.

Dan