Engineering:Rohrbach Ro V Rocco

Ro V Rocco
Role	Flying boat airliner
Manufacturer	Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau

Rohrbach Ro V was a seaplane manufactured by the Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau company in Berlin, Germany . Only one was built, in 1927. It was delivered to Severa GmbH for comparison flights with the Dornier Do J "Superwal" and as a seaplane trainer. It was used for commercial flights in 1928 by the Deutsche Luft Hansa for the Travemünde to Oslo route.

Specifications

Rohrbach Ro V 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.44

Data from , Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Capacity: 10 / 12 passengers
• Length: 19.3 m (63 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 25.9 m (85 ft 0 in)
• Height: 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 94 m² (1,010 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 6,850 kg (15,102 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 9,710 kg (21,407 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Condor III V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 480 kW (650 hp) each
• Propellers: 4-bladed fixed pitch tractor propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  
• Alighting speed: 115 km/h (71 mph; 62 kn)
• Cruise speed: 168 km/h (104 mph, 91 kn)
• Range: 1,500 km (930 mi, 810 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 2,900 m (9,500 ft) service ceiling; 3,150 m (10,330 ft) absolute ceiling
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 5.8 minutes; 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 15.8 minutes
• Wing loading: 102 kg/m² (21 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1008 kW/kg (0.0613 hp/lb)

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202538/http://www.biic.de/aviation-museum/planes/country/germany/planes/99.htm
• http://www.histaviation.com/Rohrbach_Ro_V.html