Arado Ar 198

Arado Ar 198
Type:	Close reconnaissance aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Arado
First flight:	1938
Number of pieces:	2 prototypes

The Arado Ar 198 was a German close-up aircraft made by Arado Flugzeugwerke .

development

The Ar 198 was developed after a tender by the Technical Office for a close-up reconnaissance aircraft in 1937/38 as a rival design to Blohm & Voss BV 141 and Focke-Wulf Fw 189 . The aircraft was a conventional, cantilevered, full- metal shoulder- wing wing . It was powered by a BMW Bramo 323 radial engine with 900 hp. A special feature was the fully glazed fuselage floor and the generously glazed canopy, which resulted in a very good all-round view. The crew consisted of a pilot, radio operator and observer. Due to the poorer flight performance of the Arado Ar 198 compared to the BV 141, only the prototypes ( aircraft registration D-ODLG (V1) and D-OHHS (V2)) were built in 1938. After the end of the trial, the V2 came to the German Aviation Collection in Berlin .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data (Ar 198 V1)
crew	3
length	11.80 m
span	14.90 m
height	4.60 m
Wing area	35.2 m²
Wing extension	6.3
Preparation mass	2180 kg
Takeoff mass	3114 kg
Top speed	317 km / h (360 km / h at 3500 m altitude)
Minimum speed	118 km / h near the ground
Summit height	7400 m
Range	960 km
Engine	1 × Bramo 323 A, 900 PS (662 kW)
Armament (planned)	2 × movable MG 15 in a defensive stand, 2 × rigid MG 17 in the wings, 4 × 50 kg bombs under the wings

Web links

Commons : Arado Ar 198  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Arado Ar-198 Specifications and Pictures

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arado Ar-198 V-2. In: lostart.de. Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, 2001, accessed on September 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Jörg Armin wreath Hoff: Arado. History of an aircraft factory. Aviatic, Oberhachin 1995, ISBN 3-925505-27-X , pp. 88 and 163