Konrad Detert twin-fuselage flying boat project (1915)

Sorry Hesham, it's not Gotha, it's Konrad Detert and from what I've read in Luftfahrt International
N° 23, 1977, it can hardly be regarded as a "project", just as an "idea".
It should have been powered by two engines, driving two pusher props. The thick wings are supported
by very (!) thick pylons and by two pylons above the wing, carrying bracing wires. What can be seen
of the fuselages remind on sailing boats, the whole construction seems to be designed for a maximum
on solidity ... more or less without any thought about aerodynamics and drag !
The original source is the "Des deutschen Volkes Kriegstagebuch" (War diary of the German people)
volume IV, and it is mentioned, that it isn't clear, if this drawing actually was made by the designer, or
just by a journalist, using a description, but absolutely unexperienced with regards to aviation. So, the
original idea may have been plausible, but this illustration certainly is not !
 

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