Dornier Do 29 (1934)

For the 1950s research aircraft, see Dornier Do 29.

Do 29
General information
Type	Zerstorer ("Destroyer")
Manufacturer	Dornier
Status	Design only
Primary user	Luftwaffe
History
Developed from	Dornier Do 17

The Dornier Do 29 was a proposed Zerstörer, or heavy fighter, designed by Dornier as a competitor to the Messerschmitt Bf 110.

The design answered the Reich Air Ministry requirement in autumn 1934 for a heavy fighter. Highly derivative of the earlier Do 17, the design was rejected before the prototype stage, and work stopped in 1936.

Specifications (estimated)

Data from Luftwaffe secret projects : ground attack & special purpose aircraft ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 15.35 m (50 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 17.56 m (57 ft 7 in)
• Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 55 m² (590 sq ft)
• Gross weight: 4,270 kg (9,414 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bramo 323A 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 628 kW (842 hp) LH rotation
• Powerplant: 1 × Bramo 323B 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 628 kW (842 hp) RH rotation
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 460 km/h (290 mph, 250 kn)

Armament

• Guns: 6 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in nose + 1 × 7.92 (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun dorsal

See also

Related development

• Dornier Do 17

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Focke-Wulf Fw 57
• Henschel Hs 124
• Messerschmitt Bf 110

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany

References

1. Herwig, Dieter; Rode, Heinz (2003). Luftwaffe secret projects : ground attack & special purpose aircraft. Leicester: Midland. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1857801507.