Dornier Do535 Moto-Réacteur

[leptiprince]

[NARSES2]

That is very nice 

[TomZ]

Looks great!

TomZ

[dumaniac]

very nice

[comrade harps]

Cool.

[Father Ennis]

Damn !!!   That's one ugly airplane !!!   .    Reminds me of a due chavo ,one of my favorite French cars !!!   BTW, excellent job on your build ...   

[Army of One]

What a subtle cam scheme...... .....love the build as well.......

[The Big Gimper]

Je suis drooling. 

I never would thought of doing this. Great conversion.

[sandiego89]

Wow, great build!  A few questions:

-where does the front jet engine exhaust come out?
-Is there still a piston engine in the rear?  I see the exhaust ports. Is the piston engine driving a compressor? 

Not criticisms, just questions- I like it!

[Father Ennis]

Doesn't it work like the Italian design from the 1030's that had an enclosed propeller inside the fuselage ? Air in the front and compressed and forced out the back ?  Can't remember the name but I do remember what a dog the guy said the kit was. He had a ton of reference with the article,too.

[McColm]

Great work 

[rickshaw]

Moto-Réacteur are, I believe jet engines which utilise a piston engines to drive a compressor.  The Camproni N.1 was one that was successfully tested:



Correct me if I'm wrong but the front intake is, I believe on the Do535 for the "jet engine" while the lower intake is for a radiator for cooling the piston engine?

[Captain Canada]

Wow ! That's pretty neat stuff ! I like the name as well.

Great work

[Father Ennis]

Just the plane is was talking about !!!   Sorry I couldn't remember the name.  Unicraft makes a model of a Russian one that was flown and tested.