Dornier Do 212

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Dornier Do 212
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Type: single-engine amphibious aircraft
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire / SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 

Manufacturer:

Dornier

First flight:

August 3, 1942

Number of pieces:

1 prototype

The Dornier Do 212 was a single-engine, four-seat amphibious aircraft produced by the Dornier-Werke .

The development was initiated in 1938 by Dornier Friedrichshafen and a prototype was constructed in the Dornierwerk Altenrhein from 1941 onwards. The aircraft was of an air-cooled 450-PS twelve-cylinder - V-engine Hirth HM 512B-0 with four-leaf pusher propeller driven, the m on a 2.9 jib over the stern with double tail out continuously for takeoff and landing by 12 ° to the top was. The cantilevered all-metal shoulder- wing wing had rigid support floats on the edge arches and a retractable nose wheel.

After completion of the HB-GOG prototype in 1942 and "roll tests" on the water, the support floats were enlarged. At the end of July 1942 the aircraft was ready for a flight test. On August 3, 1942, Egon Fath made a few unsuccessful attempts to launch himself out of the water. The first flight was only in towing a Do 24 . After later self-launch attempts also failed, the aircraft flew very unstably and problems with the long-distance shaft and engine cooling occurred, the project was abandoned and the prototype was scrapped in 1943.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 3
length 10.15 m
span 10.30 m
height 4.40 m
Wing area 23.1 m²
(14.8 m² wing + 8.3 m² tailplane)
Wing extension 4.6
Empty mass 1850 kg
Takeoff mass 2370 kg
Cruising speed 240 km / h (projected)
Top speed 293 km / h (projected)
Service ceiling 5700 m (projected)
Range 650 km (projected)
Engines a Hirth HM 512B-0 , 450 PS (approx. 330 kW)
propeller an Escher-Wyss , four-leaved, 2.4 m in diameter

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ No. 4219. Dornier Do 212 V1 (HB-GOG). In: www.1000aircraftphotos.com. May 22, 2005, accessed June 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Dornier Do 212. In: http://histaviation.com . Retrieved June 26, 2020 (English).
List of aircraft types made by Dornier


Before 1930:

Rs I  • Rs II  • Rs III  • Rs IV  • DI  • Do A  • Do B (Mercury)  • Do C  • Do C III  • Do D  • Spatz  • Do F  • Do H  • Do J (whale)  • Do K  • Do N  • Do P  • Do R (Superwal)  • Do Y  • Do X

From 1930 to 1945:

Thu 10  • Thu 11  • Thu 12  • Thu 13  • Thu 14  • Thu 15  • Thu 16  • Thu 17  • Thu 18  • Thu 19  • Thu 20  • Thu 22  • Thu 23  • Thu 24  • Thu 26  • Thu 212  • Thu 214  • Do 215  • Do 216  • Do 217  • Do 235  • Do 317  • Do 318  • Do 335  • Do 417  • Do 435  • Do 535  • Do 635  • P 247

Since 1945:

Do 25  • Do 27  • Do 28  • Do 29  • Do 30  • Do 31  • Do 32  • Do 34  • Do 128  • Do 132  • Do 228  • Do 231  • Do 328  • P 406  • P 410  • Do 428  • Do 528  • Do 728  • Do 928