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In spite of being fully occupied with a huge workload the Dornier design office began studies for a fast multiple-jet pursuit fighter in 1944. The layout adopted forward canard and swept main wings with the pilot housed in the extreme fuselage nose. The three engines were arranged in a ‘cloverleaf’ formation, with two side by side above with the third being centered below them. These were fed by air ducts and wing boundary layer suction slots. It would been possible to shut down two of the three engines without undue airflow drag therefore greatly increasing its tactical range. The design study was cancelled due to problems with the Heinkel Hirth powerplants.

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