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DORNIER P.254 (Do 435)
1945
 
HEAVY FIGHTER - CONCEPT
  
     
 
 
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DORNIER P.254 ()Do 435
 (PERFORMANCE DATA ESTIMATED)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 HEAVY FIGHTER - CONCEPT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 GERMANY
MANUFACTURER :
 DORNIER METALBAUTEN GmbH
FIRST FLIGHT :
 --
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 0 - (February 1945 - Project Only)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 50 ft 6 in (15.40 m)
LENGTH :
 43 ft 11-1/2 in (13.40 m)
HEIGHT :
 18 ft 5 in (5.60 m)
WING AREA :
 489.7 sq ft (45.5 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 16,721 lbs (7585 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 23,148 lbs (10500 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 --
ARMAMENT :
 2 x 20mm MG 151 cannons;
 
 1 x 30mm MK 108 Cannon Firing Through Propeller Hub;
 
 2 x 30mm MK 108 Upper-Firing Cannons Located Mid-Fuselage
BOMB LOAD :
 1 x (500 kg)
POWER PLANT :
 1 x Daimler-Benz DB 603LA Piston Engine, Developing 2,300 hp
 
 (1715 kW) AND 1 x Heinkel HeS 011A Turbojet Engine,
 
 Producing 2,865 lbs (1300 kP), Located in Rear of Fuselage
CREW :
 2 - Pilot and Radar Operator in Seperate Cabins
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 510 mph (822 km/h) at 24,600 ft (7500 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 --
LANDING SPEED :
 --
CLIMB RATE :
 37 ft/sec (11.3 m/sec); Time to 26,250 ft (8000 m) in 13.5 min;
 
 Time to 32,800 ft (10000 m) in 18 min;
RANGE :
 2 hrs at 31,000 ft (9500 m); 4.9 hrs at 23,000 ft (7000 m) with
 
 Turbojet in use for 30 min; 10.8 hrs at Ground Level with Piston Engine
 
 alone
SERVICE CEILING :
 --
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Schick, Walter & Meyer, Ingolf; Luftwaffe Secret Projects Fighters 1939-1945. England:Midland Publishing Limited. 1994, 1997. ISBN 1-85780-052-4.

  
 
     
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