Arado Ar 199

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Arado Ar 199
Model of the Arado Ar 199
Type: Sea trainer, sea rescue
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

Manufacturer:

Arado

First flight:

1939

Number of pieces:

31

The Arado Ar 199 was a German lake - education and training aircraft of the Arado aircraft plants from the 1930s.

history

In 1938 the Technical Office requested a modern naval trainer aircraft. The Arado Ar 199 was then the draft of a trainer aircraft for the flying training of complete seaplane crews. For the pilot training, two seats next to each other were provided for teachers and students, while a radio student with all radio equipment could be seated behind them.

31 Arado 199 were built, 5 V-models and 26 series machines.

  • V1, WNr. 3671, D-IFRB, then NH + AM (NH + AN?), E -stelle Travemünde 1940, then Kemi / Finland 1943.
  • V2, WNr. 3672, D-ISBC, then BH + BM (?), Crash E -stelle Travemünde 1940.
  • V3, WNr. 3673, D-ITLF, then TJ + HL, then Maritime Emergency Command IX, while attempting to rescue a Bf-110 crew from the bank of Lake Wesnj, lost to shelling by MiG-3 on August 14, 1942, recovered in 1993/1994 from Lake Wernj / Finland, then to the USA, then to Canada. There are still the middle and stern of the fuselage, engine, parts of the wings and floats
  • V4, WNr. 3674, prototype aircraft pilot series, E -stelle Travemünde 1940, then in Bergen
  • V5, WNr. 3676, RC + HR, test aircraft for modified landing flaps, to the E-point Travemünde on January 27, 1941, last documented there in November 1941.

Originally, 65 machines were required according to delivery plan no. 10 of January 1, 1939. The preliminary series consisted of 26 machines (WNr. 001-026), the last 4 of which were built in France. They were mainly used in sea ​​rescue . The series was discontinued because the need for combat aircraft was more of a priority. Examples for series machines:

  • A-0, WNr. 0007, Sea Rescue Finland May 1940.
  • A-0, WNr. 0011, to Pori / Finland in May 1943.
  • A-0, WNr. 0017, damaged during an emergency landing in Chartres / France on May 28, 1943, to Travemünde
  • A-0, WNr. 0020, sea rescue at SNK IX
  • A-0, WNr. 0026, in October 1943 at Sea Emergency Squadron 10 Stavanger
  • A-0, KK + BT, October 1942 E -stelle Travemünde, May 1944 Seefliegerschule Bug on Rügen
  • A-0, BH + AN, April 1940 in Norway
  • A-0, DM + ZE, May 15, 1943 Emergency landing in Tournai
  • A-0, KK + BX, Jan. 1944 in Tromsø
  • A-0, BH + AM, summer 1943 in Kemi / Finland

Some Arado Ar 199 were used by the distress squadron 10 of the distress area command IX in Tromsø / Kirkenes in Norway.

construction

The low-wing aircraft design of the plane was similar to the Ar 196 , but it was developed on the basis of the Arado Ar 79 and Arado Ar 96 , albeit in an all-metal construction , with the basic structure of the front fuselage section consisting of a welded and metal-clad tubular frame. Force-absorbing half-shells formed the rear part . The single-spar wings were also covered with light metal, while the movable control surfaces were covered with fabric. The appropriate fittings were available for catapult exercises.

The Ar 199 had two all-metal floats with a strongly keeled bow that ended in a shallow step . Behind it was a keel equipped with water oars. To achieve good-natured flight characteristics, the Ar 199 had rigid slats and large-area rudders. The first four V-models had a VDM adjustment propeller, the last and the series, however, had an Argus adjustment propeller.

The Ar 199 was powered by a V-engine Argus As 410 with 450 hp.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2-3
length 10.57 m
span 12.70 m
height 4.36 m
Wing area 30.40 m²
Wing extension 5.30
Wing loading 67.85 kg / m²
Area performance 12.50 hp / m²
Power load 5.41 kg / hp
Empty mass 1676 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 2060 kg
Top speed 227 km / h near the ground,
260 km / h at an altitude of 3000 m
Marching speed 212 km / h
Landing speed 80 km / h
Rise time 11 min at 3000 m altitude
Service ceiling 6500 m
Range 740 km
Engine 1 × Argus As 410 C, 450 PS (331 kW)

Preserved copies

The V3 was recovered from Lake Wernj / Finland in 1993/1994, then brought to the USA, then to Canada. There are still the middle and stern of the fuselage, engine, parts of the wings and floats. They are in poor condition but can still be restored.

See also

literature

  • William Green: War Planes of the Second World War. Vol. 6: Floatplanes. MacDonald, London 1968, pp. 58 f.
  • Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: Arado - history of an aircraft factory. Aviatic Verlag, Oberhaching 1995, ISBN 3-925505-27-X .
  • Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: Arado 96 variants. In: Airplane Profiles. No. 43, UNITEC Medienvertrieb Stengelheim.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aircraft Profile No. 43, p. 45