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  • Blohm & Voss BV 138
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  • The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon, but nicknamed Der Fliegende Holzschuh ("flying clog", from the side-view shape of its fuselage) was a World War II German trimotor flying boat that functioned as the Luftwaffe's main long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 38590.0
loaded weight main
  • 14500.0
climb rate main
  • 220
number of props
  • 3
length alt
  • 65
span main
  • 26.94 m
power/mass alt
  • 0.064000
Produced
  • 1938
cruise speed main
  • 200.0
power original
  • 880.0
cruise speed alt
  • 124.0
height alt
  • 589.28
Introduced
  • October, 1940
primary user
  • Luftwaffe
Type
  • Long-Range Reconnaissance
type of prop
  • 6
loading main
  • 114.200000
range alt
  • 2670.0
length main
  • 19.85 m
power alt
  • 868.0
area main
  • 112.0
power main
  • 647.0
height main
  • 5.90 m
span alt
  • 88
range main
  • 4300.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 360000.0
engine (prop)
power/mass main
  • 0.106000
climb rate alt
  • 729.0
ceiling main
  • 5,000 m
empty weight main
  • 11770.0
loaded weight alt
  • 31970.0
area alt
  • 1205.5
First Flight
  • 1937-07-15
max speed alt
  • 177
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 23.400000
empty weight alt
  • 25950.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 16400.0
max takeoff weight main
  • 17500.0
Crew
  • 6
Armament
  • * 2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannon, one in a nose turret and one in the rear fuselage firing rearwards * 1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun behid the central engine, covering the top rear area * 1-3 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine guns
Number Built
  • 297
Designer
ref
  • Wagner, Ray and Nowarra, Heinz. German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945. New York: Doubleday, 1971, pg. 358
abstract
  • The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon, but nicknamed Der Fliegende Holzschuh ("flying clog", from the side-view shape of its fuselage) was a World War II German trimotor flying boat that functioned as the Luftwaffe's main long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.