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Dornier Do-J Wal
The Dornier Do J Wal (“whale”) is a twin-engine German flying boat of the 1920s designed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke.
The Do J was designated the Do 16 by the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) under its aircraft designation system of 1933.
Variants
Do J Kas Wal
2x Hispano-Suiza engines, Transport and military flying boat.
Do J Wal
2x Rolls-Royce Eagle IX engines, Transport and military flying boat, Exported to Argentina, Chile and the Soviet Union.
Do J Wal
2x Rolls-Royce Kestrel engines, Transport and military flying boat, Exported to Yugoslavia.
Do J Wal
2x Lorraine-Dietrich engines.
Transport and military flying boat, Used in the Netherlands East Indies
Do J Wal
2x Renault engines
Do J Wal
2x Farman 12Wer engines.
Do J Wal
2x Napier Lion V engines
Do J Wal
2x Rolls-Royce Eagle engines. Passenger carrying flying boat.
Do J Wal
2x Isotta-Fraschini Asso
Do J Wal
2x Fiat A.22 R engines.
Do J Gas Wal
2x Gnôme-Rhöne Jupiter engines.
Do J Bas Wal
2x BMW VI engines
Do J II Wal
2x BMW VI engines
Do J II Wal
2x Siemens Jupiter engines
Do J II Bas Wal
2x BMW VI engines, Passenger carrying flying boat.
Do J IIa Bos Wal
2x BMW VI engines, Post carrying flying boat.
Do J IIaK Bos Wal
2x BMW VI engines, Used for catapult-launched Atlantic crossings.
Do J IIb Bos Wal
2x BMW VIIa engines, “Grönland”-Wal.
Do J II Ses Wal
2x Siemens Sh 20 engines.
Do J IId Bis Wal
2x BMW VI engines.
Do J IId Bis Wal
2x Curtiss Conqueror To Colombia
Do J II 16a Bis Wal
2x BMW VI engines. – Dornier Do 16
Do J IId Wal
2x BMW VI engines. – Military-Wal
Do J IIe 16 Bos Wal
2x BMW VI engines
Do J IIf Bos Wal
2x BMW VI U engines
Do O Wal
“Atlantico” and “Pacifico” built by CMASA in Italy.
Do 16
Re-designation of J II military Wal aircraft
Specifications
Crew
Four
Length
18.8 m (61 ft 8 in)
Wingspan
26.3 m (86 ft 3 in)
Height
5.49 m (18 ft 0 in)
Wing area
107.8 m2 (1,160 sq ft)
Empty weight
5,978 kg (13,179 lb)
Max take-off weight
8,200 kg (18,078 lb)
Fuel capacity
1,545 l (340 imp gal)
Powerplant
2 × Siemens-Halske Sh.22B-2 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines,
485 kW (650 hp) each for take-off, 447 kW (599 hp) at 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
Propellers
4-bladed fixed pitch wooden propellers
Performance
Maximum speed
260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
Cruise speed
225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn) at 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Range
960 km (600 mi, 520 nmi) with 1,545 l (340 imp gal) of fuel
Service ceiling
4,100 m (13,500 ft)
Armament
Guns
3 x manually aimed 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine guns,
1 in each of open nose, dorsal and ventral positions
Bombs
Up to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of bombs.
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