Göppingen Gö 8

Gö 8

Role  | Scale research flying boat glider

Type of aircraft

National origin | Germany
Manufacturer  | Schempp-Hirth
Designer  | Wolf Hirth and Ulrich Hütter
First flight  | ?
Status  | unknown
Number built | 1

The Göppingen Gö 8 was a 1/5 scale model of the Dornier Do 214, a large projected trans-atlantic long-range flying boat, designed by Dornier Werke GmbH in Germany during World War II. The Gö 8 was used primarily to validate the hydro-dynamic and aerodynamic properties of the Do 214.

## Design and development

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The Gö 8 was designed and built by Wolf Hirth and Ulrich Hütter / Schempp-Hirth at Göppingen. Construction was primarily of wood, with smooth surfaces, replicating the planing surfaces in scale. A retractable tailwheel undercarriage was installed in the hull. The pilot sat under a long greenhouse canopy which followed the profiles of the proposed Do 214, giving good visibility. Accommodation for a flight test engineer was provided in the hull behind the pilot.[1]

## Operational history

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The Gö 8 flight trials were undertaken at Oberpfaffenhofen, with hydrodynamic testing on Bodensee, towed by a motorboat. Further aerodynamic testing was carried out at the Göttingen aeronautical research laboratory.[1]

## Specifications (Gö 8)

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Data from Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart[1]

General characteristics

* Crew: 1-2 (pilot and optional flight test engineer)
* Length: 10.32 m (33 ft 10 in)
* Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)

Performance

## References

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1. ^ a b c Gütschow, Fred (1978). Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart (in German) (1. Aufl ed.). Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag. p. 178\. ISBN 3879435650.

## External links

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* Planeurs : Göppingen Gö-8

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Ulrich Hütter and Wolfgang Hütter aircraft

Aircraft|

* Hü 17
* H28
* Hü 136
* Hü 211
* Gö 8

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Schempp-Hirth gliders

Wooden construction|

* Göppingen Gö 1
* Göppingen Gö 3
* Göppingen Gö 4
* Göppingen Gö 5
* Göppingen Gö 8
* Göppingen Gö 9
* Minimoa
* SHK
* Standard Austria

GRP construction|

* Arcus
* Discus
* Discus 2
* Duo Discus
* Janus
* Nimbus
* Nimbus 2
* Nimbus 3
* Nimbus 4
* Mini-Nimbus
* Open Cirrus
* Quintus
* Standard Cirrus
* Ventus
* Ventus-2
* Ventus-3

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Reich Air Ministry (RLM) aircraft designations (list)

1 to 100|

* 8-11
* Fi 2
* 8-31
* 8-41
* Fi 5
* DFS 6
* 8-71
* Gö 8
* Gö 9
* Do 10
* Do 11/Wn 11
* 8-124/Do 12
* Do 13
* Do 14
* Do 15
* Do 16/Wn 16
* Do 17
* Do 18
* Do 19
* Do 20
* 8-211
* Do 22
* Do 23
* Do 24
* Do 253/Kl 25
* Do 26/Kl 26
* 8-27/Do 273/Kl 275
* 8-281
* 8-29/Do 29
* Fw 30
* Kl 31
* Kl 32
* Ju 33
* Ju 34
* Kl 35
* Kl 36
* He 373
* He 38/Ju 38
* DFS 39
* BV 40/DFS 40
* He 413
* Fw 42/He 42
* Fw 43
* Fw 44
* He 45
* He 46/Ju 46
* Fw 47/He 47
* Ju 48
* He 49/Ju 49
* He 50/Ju 50
* He 51
* He 52/Ju 52
* Ju 53
* DFS 54/NR 54
* Fw 55/NR 55
* Fw 56
* 8-574/Fw 57
* Fw 58/He 58
* He 59
* He 60/Ju 60
* Fa 61/Fw 61/He 61
* Fw 62/He 62
* 8-634/He 63
* Ar 64/He 64
* Ar 65/He 65
* Ar 66/He 66
* Ar 67
* Ar 68
* Ar 69
* He 70
* 8-714/He 71
* He 72
* He 733
* He 74
* Al 75
* Ar 76/FZG 766
* Ar 77
* Ar 783
* Ar 79
* Ar 80
* Ar 81
* 8-824
* 8-831
* Al 84
* Ju 85
* Ju 86
* Ju 87
* Ju 88
* Ju 89
* Ju 90
* Ju 913
* Ju 92
* Ju 933
* Ju 943
* Ar 95
* Ar 96
* Fi 97
* Fi 98
* Fi 99
* Fi 1003/He 100

101 to 200|

* Al 101
* Al 102
* Al 103/Fi 103
* R
* Fh 104
* Kl 105
* Kl 106
* Kl 107
* Bf 108
* Bf 109/Bf 109R6
* Bf 110
* He 111/He 111U6
* He 112
* He 1136
* He 114
* He 115
* He 116
* He 1173/Hs 117
* He 118
* He 119
* He 120
* Hs 121
* Hs 122
* Hs 123
* Hs 124
* Hs 125
* Hs 126
* Hs 127
* Hs 128
* Hs 129
* Hs 130
* Bü 131
* Bü 1323/Hs 132
* Bü 133
* Bü 134
* Ha 135
* Ha 136/Hü 136
* Ha 137
* BV 138
* Ha 139
* Ha 140
* BV 141
* BV 142
* BV 143
* BV 144
* Go 145
* Go 146
* Go 147/Ju 147
* Go 1483
* Go 149
* Go 150
* Kl 151
* Kl 152/Ta 152
* Kl 1533/Ta 153
* Kl 1543/Ta 154
* BV 155/Kl 1553/Me 155
* Fi 156
* Fi 157
* Fi 158
* Fw 159
* Ju 160
* Bf 161
* Bf 162/He 162
* Bf 163/Li 163/Me 163
* Me 164/MeC 164
* Bf 165
* Fi 166/FK 166
* Fi 167
* Fi 168
* Fi 1693
* He 170
* He 1713
* He 172
* He 1733
* He 1743
* 8-1754
* He 176
* He 177
* He 178
* He 1795
* Bü 180/He 180
* Bü 181
* Bü 182
* Bü 1833/Ta 183
* Fl 184
* Fl 185
* Fw 186/Ju 186
* Fw 187/Ju 1872
* Fw 1883/Ju 188
* Fw 189
* Fw 190
* Fw 191
* Ao 192
* Ao 1933/DFS 193
* DFS 194/Me 194
* Ar 195
* Ar 196
* Ar 197
* Ar 198
* Ar 199
* Do 2004,6/Fw 200

201 to 300|

* Si 201
* Si 202
* DFS 203
* Si 204
* 8-2051
* Fw 206
* 8-2071
* Me 208
* Me 209 (I)/Me 209 (II)
* Me 210
* Hü 211
* 8-2124/Do 212
* 8-2131
* Do 214
* Do 215
* Do 216
* Do 217/Hs 217
* Do 2183
* He 219
* He 220
* Do 2213
* BV 222
* Fa 223
* Fa 224
* Ao 225/Fa 225
* BV 226/Ho 226
* FGP 227
* DFS 228
* Go 229/Ho 229
* 8-230/DFS 230
* Ar 231
* Ar 232
* Ar 233
* Ar 234
* Do 2355
* Fa 2363
* BV 237
* BV 238
* 8-2391
* Ar 240
* Go 241
* Go 242
* Me 2433
* Go 244
* Go 2453
* BV 246
* 8-2471
* Ju 248
* BV 250/Ho 250
* Ho 251
* Ho 252
* Ju 252
* Fi 253/Ho 253
* Ho 254/Ta 254
* 8-2551
* Fi 256
* SK 257
* 8-2581
* Fw 259
* 8-2601
* Me 261/Me 261w
* Me 262
* Me 263 (1941)/Me 263 (1942)/Me 263 (1945)
* Me 264
* Fl 265/Me 265
* Fa 266/Go 2663
* Ho 267
* Ju 268
* Fa 269
* He 270
* We 271
* He 2723
* He 2733
* He 274
* He 2755
* He 2763
* He 277
* He 278
* He 2793
* He 280
* He 2813
* Fl 282
* Fa 283
* Fa 284
* Fl 285
* Ju 286
* Ju 287
* Do 2884,6/Ju 288
* Ju 2893
* Ju 290
* Hs 291
* As 292/Hs 2923
* Hs 293
* Hs 294
* Hs 295
* Ar 296/Hs 296
* Hs 297
* Hs 298
* Ju 2993
* Fw 300

301 to 349|

* DFS 301
* 8-3021
* 8-3031
* 8-3041
* 8-3051
* 8-3061
* 8-3071
* 8-3081
* Me 309
* Zwilling
* Me 310
* 8-3111
* 8-3121
* 8-3134
* 8-3141
* Hs 315
* 8-3161
* Do 317
* Do 318
* He 319
* Me 3203
* Me 321
* Ju 322
* Me 323/ZMe 323
* 8-3241
* Fa 325/Fw 3253
* 8-3261
* Me 327
* Me 328
* Me 329
* Fa 330
* DFS 331
* DFS 332
* Fi 333
* Ar 3343/Me 334
* Do 335
* Fa 336
* Ju 3373
* 8-3381
* Fl 339
* Ar 340
* 8-341
* WNF 342
* He 343
* Rk 344/So 3445
* Go 345
* DFS 346
* Rk 347
* 8-3481
* Ba 349

Post-349 (non-sequential)|

* Ju 352
* Fi 356/Ju 356
* Me 362
* Me 3642
* Me 3683
* Ju 388
* Ju 390
* Fw 391
* Ar 3933
* Ar 396
* Ta 400
* Me 409
* Me 410
* Do 417
* He 419
* ZMe 423
* Ar 430/Ka 430
* Ar 432
* Do 435
* Ar 440
* 8-4454
* DFS 446
* Ju 452
* Me 4622
* DFS 468
* Ju 488
* Fw 491
* He 500
* Me 509
* Me 510
* He 519
* 8-5204
* ZSO 523
* Ar 532
* 8-5344
* Do 535/He 535
* Me 6002
* Me 609
* Ar 632
* Do 635/He 635/Ju 635

* 1 Not assigned
* 2 Unofficial/proposed
* 3 Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved
* 4 Assigned to captured aircraft
* 5 Unconfirmed
* 6 Propaganda/cover designation

Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.
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