What the heck is a Doflug?

[Wing Nut]

I found this while cruising the FS2002 props section.  Never heard of it, but it looks kind of cool.  It's FSDS though, so it'll be missing the gear and prop in FS2004.  I took these shots in FS2002...

[Wing Nut]

Well it would make a crappy fighter.  The author kind of screwed up there on the writing too!  This version was supposed to have been built in '58

[Hagar]

There's an example of this aircraft on the UK display circuit. I posted a photo of it in the Photos forum some time ago with the details. This is all I can find on this strange looking aircraft right now. I believe the turboprop version in your shot was manufactured by Pilatus.

[quote]D-3802, DoFlug

[RollerBall]

Phew that's a relief

When I saw this posting I expected to see a pair of Hagar's old winter longjohns.......

........Doug's Flying Under-Garments

[Wing Nut]

I typed in Doflug under Google and this came up on the first page!

http://www.bredow-web.de/ILA_2000/Oldti ... -3605.html

[Hagar]

I finally found what I was looking for. This is the one at Bournemouth that PeteTLUK mentioned & similar to the one in your shots. http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/schlepp.html

This is my own photo of the aircraft taken at Shoreham.

It's listed as an EKW C-3605 "Schlepp" - previously used by the Swiss Air Force as a target tug. It retains the taildragger gear layout & due to this combined with its unusually long nose is extremely difficult to handle on the ground. This can sometimes require a man sitting on the wing to guide the pilot. I've seen this done at Shoreham when it was displayed there.

EKW C-3605 Schlepp C-552 (G-DORN)

Wing span : 12.74 m / 41 ft 9 ins
Length : 12.93 m / 42 ft 5 ins
Max weight : 2634 kg / 5,807 lbs
Service ceiling : 5000 m / 16,405 ft
Max speed : 410 kmh / 255 mph
Engine : 1 x 1115hp Lycoming T53-L turbo prop

The original single-seat fighter version had a piston engine cowled much like the Spitfire & a much shorter nose.

[ATI_7500]

it belongs to the technical museum in speyer,but i can't remember having it seen there...


looks weird nevertheless...

[Travis]

Strange paint job in the first pic . . .

[PH_AJH]

Hagar,
Just wondering...did the man sitting next to the biplane in the background of your Shoreham picture really manage to get into that tiny cockpit?...
I wish I could have seen that

AJ

[Hagar]

Hagar,
Just wondering...did the man sitting next to the biplane in the background of your Shoreham picture really manage to get into that tiny cockpit?...
I wish I could have seen that

AJ

AJ. That's a large-scale model Stampe belonging to the local R/C modelling club. The owner can't quite squeeze into the cockpit but it's quite big enough for his baby son. I don't think he actually tried it.

[PH_AJH]

AJ. That's a large-scale model

I know that!, it was just one of those thoughts that come up every now and then.

AJ

[Hagar]

The photo was taken before the actual display when the model flying was interrupted by incoming aircraft. It occurred to me at the time that this was not too well organised & that the taxyway was a tad close to the models. That C-3605 is difficult to taxy at the best of times & I expected them to get blown away at any moment.