Dornier Do-26V-2 Flying Boat
1/72 aircraft scale plastic model kit
Amodel 72272
Manufacturer: Amodel (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal gull winged flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke ofGermany.
It was operated by a crew of four and was intended to carry a payload of 500 kg (1,100 lb) or four passengers on the Lisbon to New York route.
The elegant Do 26, sometimes referred to as the "most beautiful flying-boat ever built",[1] was of all-metal construction. The hull had a central keel and a defined step; the wings were of gull wing configuration, the outer sections being equipped with fully retractable narrow stabilising wing-floats, instead of Dornier's famous "water-wing" sponsons extending from the lower hull for lateral stabilization.
Its four engines, Junkers Jumo 205C diesels, were mounted in tractor/pusher pairs in tandem nacelles located at the joint between the dihedral and horizontal wing sections. The rear (pusher) engines could be swung upwards through 10° during take-off and landing, to prevent contact between the three-blade airscrew and water spray created by the forward propellers.
The tail unit was of conventional design, comprising a horizontal tailplane and a single, vertical fin with rudder.
General characteristics
- Crew: Four
- Payload: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
- Length: 24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 30 m (98 ft 5 in)
- Height: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 120 m² (1,291.67 ft²)
- Empty weight: 10,200 kg (22,487 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 20,000 kg (44,093 lb)
- Powerplant: Four × Junkers Jumo 205C Diesel, 447 kW (600 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph)
- Cruise speed: 310 km/h (193 mph)
- Range: 9,000 km (5,592 mi)
- Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)
- Stock: Out Of Stock
- Model: AMO72272
- Weight: 1.26lb
- DATE ADDED: 31/03/2014
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