Arado Ar 199

Ar 199
Model of an Ar 199
General information
Type	Trainer
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	31 [1] [2]
History
First flight	1939 [3]

The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft, built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was a low-wing monoplane, designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water. The enclosed cockpit had two side-by-side seats for instructor and student, and a third, rear seat, for a trainee-navigator or radio operator.

Two of the 5 prototypes, D-IFRB and D-ISBC did serve as trainers ^[3] and were used for air-sea rescue operations from Northern Norway. ^[4]

Specifications(Ar 199)

Data fromAircraft of the Third Reich Vol.1 ^[5]

General characteristics

• Crew: three
• Length: 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 30.4 m² (327 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,675 kg (3,693 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,075 kg (4,575 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 410C inverted V-12 air-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
• Cruise speed: 212 km/h (132 mph, 114 kn)
• Range: 740 km (460 mi, 400 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (890 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 11 minutes

References

Notes

1. Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: Arado – Geschichte eines Flugzeugwerks. Aviatic Verlag, Oberhaching (Germany) 1995, ISBN   3-925505-27-X.
2. Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: Arado 96 Varianten. In: Flugzeug Profile. 43, UNITEC Medienvertrieb Stengelheim (Germany)
3. Smith, 1972. p. 34.
4. Tilford Jr., Earl (1977). "SEENOTDIENST: Early Development of Air-Sea Rescue". Air University Review (January - February 1977). United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13.
5. Green, William (2010). Aircraft of the Third Reich. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). London: Aerospace Publishing Limited. pp. 56–57. ISBN   978-1-900732-06-2.

Bibliography

• Smith, J R; Kay, Antony L. (1972). German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam. ISBN   978-0-85177-836-5.