Aermacchi M 416 / Fokker S11 Instructor

[santynus]

interesting see in this photos the simple and strong internal structure and the elegance of the aircraft

[Nico Braas]

Here is more on  the S-11:

-Because the original PH-NBE prototype showed to have very unfavourable flight characteristics a large modification test program was set up. We see here the PH-NBE on the Schiphol platform with an enlarged and reshaped canopy and a modified tail. Photo was taken on 29 May 1948
-The second machine PH-NBF was used for airflow investigations around the fuselage. For this purpose the canopy section was faired over with only a small windscreen left. Photo dates from 7 June 1948.

[No.1]

Nico- main landing gear look like the nose leg of some other airplane?

[Nico Braas]

No, maingear was not a nose wheel from Dowty as used on the Gloster Meteor as it looks! The u/c legs were originally made in France, but since they showed to have some weakness they were replaced by legs produced in the Netherlands. Those u/c legs always were a weak point since they were sensitive to lateral force making crosswind landings not very desirable!
Here are two shots of the final version of the first prototype.
First we see it in KLu colours with registration E-2 (taken on 28 September 1948) during transport by barge from the Amsterdam-Noord plant to Schiphol.
The second picture shows the plane as PH-NBE again for demonstration purposes. Pilot in l.h. seat is Fokker test pilot Gerben Sonderman. Later, he crashed fatally in the USA with Fokker S-14 L-4.

[No.1]

Santino- why don't you made one color profile of this airplane  Nico provide excellent reference material 

[santynus]

of course No.1 I want to make it   I need only a little bit of free time...    I'm really busy at this time...  
very nice photos Nico 

[Nico Braas]

Let's conclude my 'photo session' of the S-11.
Think placing the other 390 is just a little bit over the top!
Attached one last shot of the model kits I have.
As you see there are three different kits: one from Artiplast (1960 or so!) and two other from Smer.
However, it is all the same product from the same molds!
And NO, I do NOT offer the kits for sale!

[santynus]

Hi all
I begin to work on the color profile
I need help  ...
I search more info about the main undercarriage... I try to make something but I'm not sure about it...
if is possible one photos walkaround for see more details about thi interesting aircraft
thank you in advance
cheers
Santino

[No.1]

This look really nice and when it resize it will look perfect. About walaround... you are in Italy and this aircraft are used in Italy- can you manage that type of images 

[santynus]

I found some good photo and I change a little bit the undercarriage...

this is the link

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?&aircraft_genericsearch=Fokker%20S-11%20Instructor&nr_of_rows=48&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=4

[santynus]

I found other three interesting Fokker S11 Web Pages 

http://www.fokkerfour.nl/nederlands/index.htm
http://www.glue-it.co.uk/aircraft/fokker/s11/index.html
http://fokkervliegen.nl/vliegtuig.htm

cheers

[No.1]

Very good links with much of S-11 still flyng. But as I could note here is best selection of archive images