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VTOL "Dornier Do 31 E-3" - at the "DORNIER MUSEUM"......in 'Friedrichshafen' at BODENSEE / Lake Constance in September 2022. The Do 31 is the world's only built transport aircraft with jet engines that can take off and land vertically.Technical specifications: Manufacturer: Dornier-Werke GmbH, Oberpfaffenhofen, 1967 Span: 18.0 m Take-off mass: 21,000 kg (for vertical take-off) Maximum speed: 710 km/h at 2500 m altitude Range: 200 km (with vertical takeoff) Propulsion: 2 x Bristol-Siddeley Pegasus (lift and cruise engines), 8 x Rolls-Royce RB 162 (lift engines) Thrust: 2 x 68.0 kN, 8 x 19.6 kN Two prototypes were built, series production did not take place. The two prototypes served from 1967 to 1969 as experimental aircraft for research and testing of vertical take-off and landing. A total of 10 engines with a total thrust of 300 kN are installed in order to be able to lift the aircraft vertically into the air with a take-off mass of 21 tons: Under the wings are two engines with swiveling thrust nozzles, which are used for vertical take-off and landing as well as in the vertical plane Level flight provide thrust. Four lift engines are permanently installed in gondolas at each end of the wing, which support vertical take-off and landing.One more 📸 see comments... |
Дата публикации: 20 октября 2022 |
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