| Do 214 | |
|---|---|
 Do 214 model at Dornier's museum in Friedrichshafen | |
| General information | |
| Type | Flying boat, Long range transport |
| Manufacturer | Dornier |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | 0 |
TheDornier Do 214 was a proposed large long-rangeflying boat, developed byDornier inWorld War II.
Originally designed as the Do P.93 for passenger transatlantic service from Lisbon to New York, the Do 214 was redesigned as the P.192 for military service in early 1940. In 1941, a full-sizedfuselage mockup was constructed in order to evaluate the interior layout. The fuselage was streamlined, having a round cross-section, with the interior consisting of two decks.
Its wings featured a small amount ofsweep on theleading edge, with straighttrailing edges, and were shoulder-mounted on the fuselage. Eight Daimler-Benz DB 613 24-cylinder "power-system" engines — themselves consisting of a pair ofDaimler-Benz DB 603 invertedV12 engines, paired up to run a single propeller like the DB 605-based "DB 610" engines of theHeinkel He 177A, and themselves weighing over 1.5 tonnes (3,300 lb) apiece (the DB 613 "power systems" would have weighed more like 1.8 tonnes apiece) — provided the power, with fourtractor engines and fourpusher engines. All eight "power system"engines, using a total of 16 DB 603s to complete them, provided power to two quartets of four-blade VDMvariable-pitch propellers; the front propellers had a 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) diameter, the rear propellers had a 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) diameter.
The mammoth eight-engine design was intended for use as amilitary transport, with a large bow door admitting vehicles and bulky freight to the upper deck. It was also designed for use as a long-rangebomber, flying tanker, aerialminelayer andU-boat supply vessel. By 1943, it was realized that long-range flying boats were not needed due to the worsening war situation, and the Do 214 project was canceled.
A 1/5 scale model glider of the Dornier Do 214 was designed and built as theGöppingen Gö 8, byWolf Hirth andUlrich Hütter. Forhydrodynamic stability tests of the hull integrated floats, in collaboration with theGöttingen aerodynamic laboratory, the glider was towed by a boat.[1][2]
The following specifications are for Do P.192-01 / Do 214 / civil airliner / DB 613C engines.
Data from Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart,[1] Luftwaffe secret projects : strategic bombers 1935-45,[3] Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 Vol.1 – AEG-Dornier[4]
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