Dornier Seawings Seastar

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The Dornier Seawings Seastar is a turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft built largely of composite materials. Developed by Claudius Dornier Seastar GmbH & Co KG Dornier GmbH from Germany, it first flew in 1985. The design is owned by Claudius Dornier's son, Conrado, who founded Dornier Seawings AG to continue work on the project.

The Seastar is a parasol wing flying boat, with its two engines mounted in a single nacelle over the wings in a push-pull configuration. In general layout, it strongly resembles Dornier's celebrated Do 18 of the 1930s.

pecifications (CD-2 Seastar)

General characteristics

* Crew: two
* Capacity: 12 passengers
* Length: 12.90 m (42 ft 4 in)
* Wingspan: 17.74 m (58 ft 2 in)
* Height: 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in)
* Wing area: 28.5 m² (307 ft²)
* Empty: 2,800 kg (6,173 lb)
* Loaded: kg ( lb)
* Maximum takeoff: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A turboprops, 650 shp (485 kW) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 335 km/h (209 mph)
* Range: 1,740 km (1,085 miles)
* Service ceiling: 8,535 m (28,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 480 m/min (1,574 ft/min)
* Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
* Power/Mass:

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