Dornier Do 10

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Do 10
Dornier Do 10 on ground c1932.jpg
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke
First flight24 July 1931 [1]
Developed from Dornier Komet

The Dornier Do 10, originally designated Dornier Do C4, was the name given by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) of a pre-World War II German aircraft.

It was a two-seat parasol-wing monoplane, intended to be used as a fighter. Two prototypes were built in 1931 to fulfil a requirement for a two-seat fighter. Having failed to gain a production order, the Do C4 / Do 10 was used to test a tilting engine installation and propellers to suit, for STOL tests.

Specifications

Dornier Do C4 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile July 1934 Dornier Do C4 3-view L'Aerophile July 1934.jpg
Dornier Do C4 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile July 1934
TypeTwo-seat fighter
Engine Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIS BMW VI 7.3 (703) Hispano-Suiza 12 Xbrc (Ybre?)
Power391 kW (525 hp)485 kW (650 hp)515 kW (690 hp)
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.60 m (34 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 32.40 m2 (349 ft2)
  • Length: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 32.40 m2 (349 ft2)
  • Length: 10.60 m (34 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area 32.40 m2 (349 ft2)
Weights
  • Empty: 1,600 kg (3,530 lb)
  • Loaded: 2,300 kg (5,070 lb)
  • Max takeoff: 2,300 kg (5,070 lb)
  • Empty: 2,200 kg (4,850 lb)
  • Loaded: 2,640 kg (5,820 lb)
  • Max takeoff: 2,640 kg (5,820 lb)
  • Empty: 1,600 kg (3,530 lb)
  • Loaded: 2,640 kg (5,820 lb)
Performance
  • Max. speed: 278 km/h (150 kn) at sea level
  • Max. speed: 315 km/h (170 kn) at 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
  • Range: 800 km (430 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 9,100 m (29,900 ft)
  • Wing load: 71.0 kg/m2 (14.5 lb/ft2)
  • Max. speed: 288 km/h (179 mph) at sea level
  • Cruising speed 250 km/h (135 kn)
  • Climb to 1000 m: 1 min 54 s
  • Climb to 5000 m: 12 min 48 s
  • Initial climb rate : 8.80 m/s (1730 ft/min)
  • Range: 800 km (430 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
  • Wing load: 81.0 kg/m2 (16.6 lb/ft2)
  • Max. speed: 272 km/h (147 kn) at sea level
  • Max. speed: 318 km/h (172 kn) at 3500 m
  • Range: 800 km (430 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 9,500 m (31,200 ft)
ArmamentFour × MG 08/15 machine guns (two forward, two in rear turret)

Sources

Notes
  1. Green and Swanborough 1994, p. 185.
Bibliography

(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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