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Dornier Do 18 patrol flying boat

 

Do 18G-1

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Do 18D-1 patrol summer 1936 - summer 1939 75 august 1941 2 x Jumo 205C engines (2 x 600 hp), 2 7.9mm MG, 100 kg bombs
Do 18D-2 ---
Do 18D-3 ---
Do 18G-1 summer 1939 - 8/1940 ~ 70 2 x Jumo 205D engines (2 x 880 hp), 1 20mm gun, 1 13mm MG

 

Modification

Do 18G-1

Wing span, m

23.70

Length, m

19.40

Height, m

5.35

Wings area, m2

98.00

Empty mass, kg

5850

Full flying-off mass, kg

10000

Engine 2 x Junkers Jumo 205D
Power, h. p. 2 x 880
Maximal speed, km/h 267
Cruise speed, km/h 220
Flying range, km 3500
Vertical speed, m/s 3.6
Maximal altitude, m 4200
Complement 4
Armament 1 x 20 MG151 gun, 1 x 13 MG131, 100 kg bombs (2 x 50-kg)

 These flying boats can based on ships from 1938 (date of commission of first catapult ship). All survived planes were converted to SAR in 1941.

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008