Dornier Do 212

The Dornier Do 212 was a four-seat experimental

The Do 212 was an all-metal cantilever monoplane with fixed wingtip floats and a 343 kW (460 hp) Hirth HM 512-B-0 12-cylinder air-cooled engine which, mounted aft of the cabin, was buried in the fuselage and drove a four-blade airscrew aft of the tail by means of a shaft which could be tilted upward 12° to provide water clearance.

Initial water taxiing trials resulted in the enlarging of the wingtip floats. On 3 August 1942, a few attempts to take off from water were made, but these failed. A Do 24 was used to tow the Do 212 and it finally flew; however, instability forced the pilot to ditch just after takeoff. Further trials ended the same way. Difficulties were also experienced with the extension shaft, and the cooling of the engine presented a problem. Consequently, no further testing was undertaken, and the prototype was scrapped in 1943.

Specifications (Do 212)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: three
• Length: 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
• Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 23.1 m² (249 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,850 kg (4,079 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,370 kg (5,225 lb)
• Fuel capacity: fuel - 250 L (55 imp gal) , oil - 30 L (7 imp gal)
  

Stabiliser Span

6.52 m (21 ft) with 8° 30' dihedral

• Powerplant: 1 ×
  Hirth HM 512B-0
  inverted 60° V-12 air-cooled piston engine, 330.9 kW (443.8 hp)
• Propellers: 4-bladed
  Escher-Wyss
  , 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) diameter driven via a 2.9 m (10 ft) extension shaft raised 12° for take-off and landing.

Performance

• Maximum speed: 293 km/h (182 mph, 158 kn) (estimated)
• Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
• Range: 650 km (400 mi, 350 nmi) (estimated)
• Service ceiling: 5,700 m (18,700 ft) (estimated)
• Rate of climb: 0.476 m/s (93.7 ft/min) (estimated)
• Time to altitude:
  
  • 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 35 minutes (estimated)
  • 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 105 minutes (estimated)

References

External links

• Air-Britain.com Archived 2007-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
• "Dornier_Do_212". Germany. Retrieved 25 February 2012.