The Dornier Do 29 was a proposed zerstörer, or heavy fighter, designed by Dornier as a competitor to the Messerschmitt Bf 110.

The design answered the Reich Air Ministry requirement in autumn 1934 for a heavy fighter. Highly derivative of the earlier Do 17, the design was rejected before the prototype stage, and work stopped in 1936.

Specifications (estimated)

Data from Luftwaffe secret projects : ground attack & special purpose aircraft ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 15.35 m (50 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 17.56 m (57 ft 7 in)
• Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 55 m² (590 sq ft)
• Gross weight: 4,270 kg (9,414 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bramo 323A 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 628 kW (842 hp) LH rotation
• Powerplant: 1 × Bramo 323B 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 628 kW (842 hp) RH rotation
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 460 km/h (290 mph, 250 kn)

Armament

• Guns: 6 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in nose + 1 × 7.92 (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun dorsal