It's presently with the BMW IIIa high compression SOHC inline six cylinder of about 200 hp. This is the aircraft and engine that changed the fortunes temporarily for the German Air Service in Summer of 1918, before the might of US manufacturing base and new army personnel and aircraft started serving in strength on the Western front.
The only Allied planes that were a close match for the D.VII were the late period 220 HP Spad XIII, the Sopwith Snipe with the Bentley 220 HP rotary and the RAF SE5a Wolsley Viper 200 hp. Udet mentioned it was his favorite plane to fly acrobatically and it could be 'hung on it's prop' at +60 degrees while crawling along in a full stall at less than 30 knots airspeed for a few seconds before falling off. Some plots used this as a way to attack twin Lewis gunned Scarff turreted Allied two-seaters that would have been dangerous to attack from above or at level.
Thanks Israel.
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