DO-X Seaplane Airliner Scale Model (Free Shipping)

Item#: KDO10TE

MSRP Price: $291.96

Factory Direct Price: $189.95

Wing Span: 19.00
Length: 15.75

Manufacturer: Dornier

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This Ready to Ship DO-X Seaplane Airliner Model Airplane was handcrafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this DO-X Seaplane Airliner into an amazingly detailed display model airplane replica that you can display at your home, office, museum, tradeshow or any place you desire.

This DO-X Seaplane Airliner Mahogany Airplane Model is a perfect gift for Aviation Enthusiasts, Pilot, Aviator or people who took part in developing this Airplane.

Please note that the stand shown in this photograph may vary or change with the model you receive.

Your model will be made exactly as shown in the photographs. If you would like to change this model in any other way, please visit Our Custom Model Gallery section of our website to commission a personalized model to be built.

DO-X Seaplane Airliner History:

The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. The aircraft was conceived by Dr. Claudius Dornier and took seven years to design and another two years to build. In the design process, a one-to-one wooden mock-up, the first in aviation history, was built.

It was financed by the German Transport Ministry and was manufactured in a specially designed plant at Altenrhein, on the Swiss portion of Lake Constance, in order to circumvent the Treaty of Versailles, which forbade aircraft to be built in Germany after World War I.

While popular with the public, a lack of commercial interest and a number of (non-fatal) accidents prevented more than three models from being built.

The Do X had an all-duralumin hull, with wings comprised of a steel-reinforced duralumin framework covered in heavy linen fabric, covered with aluminum paint.

It was initially powered by twelve 525 horsepower Siemens Jupiter radial engines (6 tractor propellers and 6 pushers), mounted in six tower nacelles on the wing. The air-cooled Jupiter engines were prone to overheating, and only able to lift the plane to an altitude of 425 m (1,400 feet), preventing it from making trans-Atlantic crossings.[citation needed] After completing 103 flights in 1930, the Do X was refitted with 610 horsepower Curtiss Conqueror water-cooled 12-cylinder inline engines. Only then was it able to reach the altitude of 500 m (1,650 feet) necessary to cross the Atlantic.

The plane was designed to carry 66 passengers long distance or 100 on shorter flights. The luxurious accommodation approached the standards of transatlantic liners. On the main deck was a smoking room with its own wet bar, a dining salon, and seating for the 66 passengers, which could be converted to sleeping berths for night flights. Aft of the passenger spaces was an all-electric galley, lavatories, and cargo hold. The cockpit, navigational office, engine control and radio rooms were on the upper deck. The lower deck held fuel tanks and nine watertight compartments, only seven of which were needed to provide full flotation.