Description of design and construction of Giant high-wing monoplane to carry 100 passengers; division of hull into three separate decks; wing of three-spar types with three struts; all metal upper wing on which engines are mounted are designed to serve as mutual stiffening of engine bearers; twelve 500-hp. Siemens-Jupiter engines; wing span 157.48 in.; estimated top speed 133 m.p.h.; construction and polar diagram illustrated. (see also Soc. Automotive Engrs. -- Jl., vol. 26, no. 5, May 1930, pp. 554-556 and 575, 28 figs.; Aviation, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 4, 1930, pp. 4-11, 21 figs.; Aircraft Eng., vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1929, pp. 339-341, 5 figs. and German translation in Zeit. fuer Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt, vol. 20, no. 22, Nov. 28, 1929, p. 578 and Schweizer Aero Revue, vol. 5, no. 3, Mar. 1930, pp. 55-65, 24 figs.)
The Dornier Do.X flying boat
German
1930
14 pages
32 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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