Aeroplane Engines!

[faith_jones]

Which aeroplane has/had the most amount of engines?
Thanks,
Faith

[sddsddean]

I stand to be corrected, but I think the Dornier Do-X flying boat with 12 engines holds the record. Heres a piccy. http://www.sunny-side-up.de/Online-Katalog/bil der/DornierDoX-Virginia.jpg

[naz_nomad]

Crikey ...wouldn't want to fill that up at �5 a gallon

[sddsddean]

Luckily petrol was a bit cheaper in the 30's naz!

[KebabMeister]

Blimey, 12 engines!

I was thinking of the Convair B36 but that only has 10 engines:
http://www.geocities.com/hkhemlock/b-36-foto.j pg

[pezza.......]

The most engines on a current aircraft in service is the Boeing B52 Stratofortress with 8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Stratofortre ss

[KebabMeister]

Aye, the B52 will eventually go down to 4 engines when its engines are replaced by more modern turbofans but I'm not sure of the timescale for that.

[Hamish]

I first thought of this one
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynam ics/q0130.shtml
only 10 though they're all jet engines and the 'plane' weighs 540 tonns. It doenst fly in the normal sence but uses ground effect to gain a little lift and low drag (see web page)

[sddsddean]

Must admit hamish that I had thought of looking for a picture of the Russian Ekranoplane (known as 'The Caspian Sea Monster'), but thought this probably did fit faith's question, as strictly speaking it is not an aeroplane.