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DORNIER P.252
1945
 
NIGHT FIGHTER - CONCEPT
  
     
 
 
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DATA
  
 
DORNIER P.252
 (PERFORMANCE DATA ESTIMATED)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 NIGHT FIGHTER - CONCEPT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 GERMANY
MANUFACTURER :
 DORNIER METALBAUTEN GmbH
FIRST FLIGHT :
 --
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 0 - (February/March 1945 Concept Project Only)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 51 ft 9-1/2 in (15.80 m)
LENGTH :
 56 ft 4-1/2 in (17.20 m)
HEIGHT :
 16 ft 6 in (5.05 m)
WING AREA :
 538 sq ft (50.0 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 18,959 lbs (8600 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 27,116 lbs (12300 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 --
ARMAMENT :
 2 x 30mm MK 108 cannons in Nose Section;
 
 2 x 30mm MK 213C cannons Mounted Forward Fuselage Below Cabin
 
 2 x 30mm MK 108 Up-Ward-Firing cannons Mounted Aft of Cabin
BOMB LOAD :
 2 x 551 lbs (250 kg) or 2 x 1,102 lbs (500 kg) of Bombs
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Junkers Jumo 213J Liquid-Cooled 12-Cylinder Tandem-Coupled
 
 Piston Engines, Developing 1,750 hp (1305 kW) each
CREW :
 3 - Pilot, Radar Operator, and Navigator
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 577 mph (930 km/h) at 37,000 ft (11300 m)
CRUISING SPEED :
 --
LANDING SPEED :
 --
CLIMB RATE :
 69 ft/sec (21 m/sec); Time to 26,250 ft (8000 m) in 7.5 min;
 
 Time to 32,800 ft (10000 m) in 10 min;
RANGE :
 --
SERVICE CEILING :
 41,000 ft (12500 m)
 
 
 
 
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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