Arado Ar 197
Ar 197 | |
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Role | Naval fighter |
Manufacturer | Arado Flugzeugwerke |
Designer | Walter Blume |
First flight | Spring 1937 |
Status | Prototype |
Primary user | Luftwaffe |
Number built | 3 |
Developed from | Arado Ar 68H |
The Arado Ar 197 was a
Design and development
The Ar 197 had its origin in the requirement for a fighter capable of operating from the planned (but never completed) German aircraft carriers Graf Zeppelin and Peter Strasser. The Ar 68H had been the first Arado aircraft to have a fully enclosed cockpit, and was selected as a base design for the Arado Ar 197.
The first
Operational history
The Ar 197 V3 was selected to participate in evaluation, but was not chosen for production. By the time the Graf Zeppelin was to have been completed, biplanes such as the Ar 197 would have been hopelessly outclassed as fighters. In 1939, the Bf 109T, the naval version of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane, was selected as the successor to the Arado Ar 197, and in 1941, the Me 155 was selected as the successor to the Bf 109T.
Operators
Specifications (Arado Ar 197 V3)
Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich Vol.1[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 21.3 m2 (229 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,840 kg (4,057 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,475 kg (5,456 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,674 kg (5,895 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW 132Dc9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 656 kW (880 hp) for take-off
- Propellers: 3-bladed fixed pitch metal propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 400 km/h (250 mph, 220 kn) at 2,500 m (8,200 ft)
- Cruise speed: 354 km/h (220 mph, 191 kn) at 1,500 m (4,900 ft)
- Range: 695 km (432 mi, 375 nmi)
- Ferry range: 1,638 km (1,018 mi, 884 nmi) with auxiliary fuel tank
- Service ceiling: 8,600 m (28,200 ft)
- Time to altitude: 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 5.3 minutes
Armament
- 2 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns and 1 20 mm MG FF cannon.
- Up to 4 50 kg (110 lb) SC50 bombs.
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
- ISBN 978-1-900732-06-2.
- Kay, Anthony L. and Smith, J. Richard. German Aircraft of the Second World War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 978-1-55750-010-6
- Munson, Kenneth (1978). German aircraft of World War 2 in colour. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press. ISBN 9780713708608.