Rohrbach Ro III

what is it?

The Rohrbach Ro III was a twin-engined, all-metal flying boat built in Germany in the mid-1920s. A development of the Ro II, it could be configured either as an airliner or a reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed into the similar but more powerful Ro IIIa Rodra (Ro + dr(ei) + a), intended only as a military reconnaissance/bomber.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 27.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 195 km/htop speed
• size 5,650 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
• 🚗Wingspan of 27.6 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1925

number built

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role

flying boat airliner or long-range reconnaissance aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau

engines

2× Lorraine 12E Courlis / Lorraine-Dietrich / Rolls-Royce Eagle IX

length

17.2 m

wingspan

27.6 m

height

6 m

max take-off weight

5,650 kg

top speed

195 km/h

range

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ceiling

3,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.