#Rohrbach Ro X Romar

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tall geyser
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Shrugbot Seaplane Suggestion #88

Flying Boat

The Rohrbach Ro X Romar was a flying boat constructed in 1928

Primarily being built for the then-emerging field of passenger transportation, the Ro X was was a very large aircraft for its time. It featured spacious passenger cabins, which could accommodate a dozen of passengers in relative confort. In order to support the sheer weight of the plane, a large, strongly reinforced monoplane wing needed to be implemented in the design, with 3 BMW V12-Driven pusher propellers mounted in the center to haul the behemoth into the air.

Ultimately, 4 aircraft were built - with 3 serving with Deutsche Luft Hansa, and the other one being supplied to the French navy.

Purpose

  • Charter
  • Cargo

Stats

Speed: 117 knots
Range: 2200nmi
Ceiling: 14,930 ft
Capacity: 2 crew, 12 passengers
Length: 72 ft 2 in
Wingspan: 121 ft 1 in
Height: 27 ft 3 in
Wing area: 1,800 sq ft

Sources:

Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohrbach_Romar

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Rohrbach Romar

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.

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Randomly selected by @fluid estuary

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Oh also

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There’s a video of the plane

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Flying

main fern
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I need to get to collecting plane n' boat bps again

tall geyser
tall geyser
main fern
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Indeed firGiggle

tall geyser
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Updated with capacity

warm parcel
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woah

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I like this one

tepid yarrow
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Do X would like to have a word

tall geyser
tall geyser
tepid yarrow
warm parcel
tall geyser
tribal monolith
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This fr needs adding

storm geode
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Oh shit this was the one that made a brief cameo in porco rosso

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I always thought it was just another funky savoia

turbid plank
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Seaplane! YES

tall geyser
still ravine
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yes

proven shard
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Oddly pretty. I like

warm parcel
storm geode
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After the fight between porco and curtis methinks

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It was very brief and I could be wrong

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But there was a 3 engine seaplane present very briefly

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When they were alerted that the italian airforce was coming

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Literally last 5 to 10 minites of the movie

wary oriole
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Don’t we already have this or something similar

still ravine
tall geyser
wary oriole
storm geode
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No?

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If anything this is more similar to the savoia s.66

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In any case this is cooler because it's sleeker.

warm parcel
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the engines aren’t even the same configuration

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the only similarity is that they’re both German and flying boats

main fern
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Yeah lol, the only thing even remotely resembling the Do X is the fact the engines are on top, and as Life pointed out it isn't even the right config

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The bow is sharper, there's only three engines (one prop each, Do X has two), the cockpit is more DC-7 shaped, tail is incomparably more simplified, wings slightly angle upwards and are sharper by the ends, and is has lil floats instead of 314 Clipper-styled paddle things

tall geyser
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and way less capacity too

main fern
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Even at a glance, the size difference is obvious as hell, if a different length is enough for 787s then an entire scale difference is enough

tall geyser
main fern
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Even the general fuselage doesn't match, its a box while the Do X is more curved

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(We're getting planes who's only difference is length and people are complaining about planes like this being too "similar" smh)

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The name and aircraft type are really the only meaningful similarities

wary oriole
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Wait bru I completely forgot what the Do X is then; Yes we do have something exactly like this but I was wrong about the name of the plane, and thought it was the Do X when it wasn’t.. Hold on I need to go to my hangar and figure it out or see if I even have it anymore.

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It’s prob basically something similar to this but on a smaller scale or idk

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Just gimme a bit to find it.

still ravine
wary oriole
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I think it was marchetti cause that was the one I think had pusher props like this one

still ravine
tall geyser
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S.66 is a twin hull design

wary oriole
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It still has an only pusher prop design :p

storm geode