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Do-335 "Pfeil"
Fighter-Bomber
Dornier

   Do-335, Pfeil had exotic installation of engines. The tantem installation of the engines has been put in a basis of a design of this plane, patented Claude Dornier in 1937, though the tandem installation of engines was known even from the World War I ("Fokker" n-1 and "Simens-Shukert" DDr-1). The airplane had an exotic X-shaped tail unit, a tricycle landing gear with a nose wheel.
   On an airplane two motors Dymler Benz DB-603 by takeoff power 1750 hp are established. The airplane could make flight to one motor, and at flight on a back motor speed developed with the greater.

Specification
Crew 1
Dimensions
Wing span, m 13,80
Length, m 13,85
Height, m 5,00
Powerplant
2 X DB-603, hp 1750
Weight, kg:
Maximum takeoff weight 9600
Performance
Maximum speed at altitude 6400m, km/h 770
Service ceiling, m 11400
Service range, km 1380
Armament
2 X 20-mm MG-151/20 cannon, 30-mm ÌÊ-103 cannon, bombs, kg 1000

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References
  • "Aviation of Luftwaffe" /Viktor Shunkov/
  • "Encyclopedia of military engineering" /Aerospace Publising/





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