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Dornier Do 10
The Dornier Do 10 was the name given by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) of a pre-World War II German aircraft. The aircraft has a complicated history due to renaming and the use of three different engines with correspondingly different specifications.
Developed in 1931, it was originally called Do C1, with one variant being the C4. It was the first aircraft of the C model line and was followed by the by the C2. It most likely started as the C1 and performacne numbers suggest it tested BMW engine tilted and then Hispano-Suiza powerplants. Later that year possibly renamed C4 with the testing of the Rolls-Royce engine. The tilted engine and propeller position was one of the key features it tested along with multiple engine use. In any case, it was a two-seat parasol monoplane intended to be used as a fighter. Two protoypes were made both in 1931.
Specifications
| Type | Two seat fighter | |||
| Engine | 1 Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIS | 1 BMW VI 7.3 (703) | 1 Hispano-Suiza 12 Xbrc(Ybre?) | |
| Power | 525 hp (391 kW) | 650 hp (485 kW) | 690 hp (515 kW) | |
| Dimensions | Length: 10.60 m ( 34.777 ft) height: 4.30 m (14.108 ft) wing area: 32.40 m² (348.754 ft²) |
Length: 10.50 m (34.449 ft) height: 4.44 m (14.567 ft) wingspan: 15.00 m (49.213 ft) wing area: 32.40 m²(348.754 ft²) |
Length: 10.60 m height: 4.30 m | |
| Weights | Empty weight: 1600kg (3528.0 lb)
max take off weight: 2300 kg (5071.5 lb) flying weight: 2300 kg |
Empty weight: 2200 kg (4851.0 lb) flying weight: 2640 max take off weight: 2640 kg (5821.2 lb) kg |
Empty: 1600 kg flying weight: 2640 kg |
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| Performance | Max. speed: 278 km/h (170 kt) at sea level 315 km/h at 3500 m range: 800 km (432 nm) service ceiling: 9100 m (29856 ft) Wing load: 71.00 kg/m² (14.56 lb/ft²) |
Max. speed: 288 km/h (156 kts) at sea level
Wing load : 16.61 81.00 kg/m² (lb/ft²) |
Max. speed: 272 km/h at sea level
Service ceiling: 9500 m |
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| Armament | Four MG 08/15, (two forward, two in rear turret) | |||
(nm=nautical miles, kts= knots)
Sources
(Limited information)
- 1 (This site has good picture of the tilted engine)
- 2 (non-English, must use online site tranlator to view English) (Best site, lot of information found here. Although aircraft pictured does not appear to have tilted engine)
- 3
- Another data source: 4
(Information on this model is difficult to come by and the nature of the relationship between C1/C4/10 is not yet totally resolved)
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