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1942
1942 - 2267.PDF
OCTOBER 29TH, 1942 FLIGHT 473 (with the Jumo-210-C engine and a v.p. airscrew) was 260 m.p.h. at 12,oooft. and 250 m.p.h. at 18,oooft. Landing speed 59 m.p.h. Another of this group of '' out siders" is the short-range and night reconnaissance aircraft, Arado-Ar 198. The front part of the fuselage is ccn structed in welded steel tubing, while the rear section is an all-metal mono- coque structure. Particular attention was paid to give the crew a good field of vision. The Ar 198 has a span of 48ft., length of 47ft. 7m., height 14ft. 8in., and wing area of 376 sq. ft. The power plant is a Bramo 322-A 9-cylinder radial of 830 h.p. An interesting type produced by the Arado was a two-seater all-metal biplane dive-bomber, the Arado-Ar 81. The Arado-" Stuka" has the fol lowing dimensions: Span 36ft., length 37ft., 4m., height 11ft. Weight, empty, 4,200 lb., and all-up weight (with a crew of two) 6,600 lb., power loading 11 lb./h.p., wing loading 17.6 lb./sq. ft. Equipped with a Jumo-2io~C in-line engine of 610 h.p. the aircraft climbed to 12,000ft. in n min., and had a speed of 210 m.p.h. at 12,000ft. Terminal diving speed 370 m.p.h. ; landing speed 60 m.p.h. ; range 420 miles at an altitude of 12,oooft., and ceiling 25,000ft. Apart from sub-contract work, the Arado Flugzeugwerke are now en gaged in their plants at Bradenburg and Warnemunde on the production of (Right) The Arado-Ar 198 short-range night reconnaissance aircraft shown in side, front and three-quarters view. (Below) A Stuka-Arado-Ar 81 all- metal two-seater aircraft for dive bombing, powered with a Jumo-210-C in-line engine of 610 h.p. the following types of their own design: The Arado-Ar 96B, a two- seater, low-wing, cantilever mono plane. An all-metal structure with a retractable undercarriage, and powered by an Argus As-410-A twelve-cylinder inverted V-type air-cooled engine of 450 h.p. This aircraft has been adopted since 1940 a-, a standard ad vanced trainer and is now in quantity production. The Arado-Ar 199, the only one of these types which came into wider service, is a twin-float, all-metal lew- wing monoplane for training purposes Powered with an As-410-C V-shaped in-line engine of 380 to 540 h.p., the aircraft has a climb of 9,480ft. in n min., a speed of 161 m.p.h. at 9,000ft., and a landing speed of 50 m.p.h. Another type is the Arado-Ar 196 a twin-float, low-wing, semi-cantilever monoplane of all-metal construction, powered with a Bramo-Fafnir 323 nine-cylinder air-cooled engine of 920 h.p. This two-seater aircraft has a maximum speed of 193 m.p.h. and range of 670 miles, used for reconnais sance. It is the standard catapult seaplane of the German navy.
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