DO X1a with 12 engines!

[fly_tornado]

Dornier DO-X 1a

 

Builder, Owner, Pilot: Michael Bräuer

 

Eigenbau nach originalen Bauplänen

 

Self made according to original blueprints

 

Massstab / Scale 1/10

 

Spw. / Wingspan: 4.8m / 16ft

 

Länge / Lenght: 4 m / 13 ft

 

Höhe / Hight 1.02 m / 3.4 ft

 

Motor: 12 x OS FS62V 10cc 4T (4 stroke)

 

Gewicht / Weight: 60 kg / 132 pounds

 

12 Tanks à 360 cc

 

4-Blatt Propeller

 

Futaba S-Bus Servos

 

Holzbauweise / wooden build

 

Motorgondel: GfK / Engine hoods: fiber glass

 

Einziehfahrwerk / Retracts

 

Max. Speed: 95 km/h (59 mph)

 

Startstrecke auf Gras ca. 80m

 

Takeoff distance on grass 87.5 yards

 

Verbrauch 12 min ca. 2 Liter

 

Fuel consumption for 12 minutes approx. 0.44 galons

 

Rüstzeit: 10 min / Assembling time to fly: 10 minutes

 

http://www.braeuer-modellbau.de

 

 

 

[Downunder]

I give him credit for using IC engines. Would have been so much easier to do electric....

 

 

[pylon500]

Surprised he didn't fit some sort of stability system...