The D.VII's profile was consistent with biplane fighters of the period: an open-air cockpit set behind the upper wing assembly, a slab-sided fuselage and a fixed undercarriage wheeled at the two main members under the fuselage's mass. The upper and lower wing assemblies were joined via parallel struts which created two bays along the wing's length. The wing mainplanes were also of unequal span. The large, four-bladed wooden propeller at the nose was capped by a spinner which aided aerodynamics. The machine gun armament was set over the nose.
Like the D.VI before it, Aviatik designed the D.VII to compete in an upcoming D-type fly-off, this to come in October of 1918. Engine issues derailed the D.VI's attempt to compete in the earlier, second D-type fly-off. Regardless, neither design amounted to much, reaching only the prototype stage and nothing more.
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