Dornier Do 231

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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.

The Do 231 was a result of a design competition conducted in the early 1970s by the German Federal Ministry of Economics to create a 100-person VTOL transport aircraft. Based on the earlier Do 31, the Do 231 was to have shoulder-mounted cantilever swept wings and a T-tail.^[1]

The 1973 oil crisis rendered the Do 231 proposal as uneconomical due to the high fuel consumption necessary for vertical takeoff and landing, and the aircraft was cancelled in 1976 without a single prototype being built.^[1]

Do 231C

Commercial variant for Lufthansa with a capacity of 100 passengers.^[1][2]

Do 231M

Military variant with a stretched fuselage and a rear loading ramp.^[2]

Data from ^[3]

General characteristics

• Capacity: 100 passengers
• Length: 35.55 m (116 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 26.0 m (85 ft 4 in)
• Height: 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 120 m² (1,300 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 5.63
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce RB.220 jet engines
• Powerplant: 12 × Rolls-Royce RB.202-25 lift engines

Performance

• Cruise speed: 900 km/h (560 mph, 490 kn)

Related development

• Dornier Do 31