Dornier Do X1a
Dornier's 12-engine flying boat, first flown in 1929. Six push-pull engine pairs sit on struts above the wing, and a flight engineer worked all twelve throttles on the pilot's orders. In 1929 it carried more than 150 people on one flight.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 92 kt
- Range
- 1,512 nm
- Service ceiling
- 9,843 ft
Fuel
- Total capacity
- 22,700 l
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Water
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 66
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 51,300 kg
- Empty weight
- 31,673 kg
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Dornier
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 12× Piston
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 1930
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 40.1 m
- Wingspan
- 48 m
- Height
- 10.25 m
- Fuselage width
- 4.8 m
- Propeller diameter
- 3.55 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Dornier Do X1aLength 40.1 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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