Rohrbach Romar

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name=Ro X Romar


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type=Long-range commercial flying-boat
national origin=Germany
manufacturer=Rohrbach Metall Flugzeugbau GmbH
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first flight=1928
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primary user=Deutsche Luft-Hansa
more users=French Navy
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number built=4
variants with their own articles=The Rohrbach Ro X Romar was a German long-range commercial flying-boat and the last aircraft designed and built by Rohrbach Metall Flugzeugbau GmbH.

Development

The Romar was the final production aircraft from Rohrbach and was a monoplane flying-boat with a crew of four or five and two cabins for a total of 12 passengers. The revised Romar II could accommodate 16 passengers. It had three BMW VIUZ Vee piston engines strut mounted above the wing. The first aircraft flew on 7 August 1928 and was unveiled at the Berlin Aviation Exhibition in October 1928. Only four aircraft were built, three were used on Baltic services by Deutsche Luft-Hansa and one was supplied to the French Navy.

Operators

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*French Navy;flag|Weimar Republic
*Deutsche Luft-Hansa

pecifications

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crew=4 or five
capacity=12
length m=22.0
length ft=72
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height m=8.50
height ft=27
height in=10¾
wing area sqm=170
wing area sqft=1829.92
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empty weight kg=9900
empty weight lb=21826
gross weight kg=19000
gross weight lb=41888
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eng1 type=BMW VIUZ Vee piston engine
eng1 kw= 485
eng1 hp= 650
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max speed kmh=210
max speed mph=130
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range km=4000
range miles=2485
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ceiling m=2800
ceiling ft=9185
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*List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=