Arado Ar 76
Arado Ar 76 | |
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The Ar 76 V3 (D – IFAT) in flight |
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Type: | Fighter plane |
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Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
April 1934 |
Production time: |
1934-1936 |
Number of pieces: |
189 |
The Arado Ar 76 was a single-engine training and fighter aircraft that was built in Germany in the 1930s . The Ar 76 was based on an invitation to tender from 1933, in which the development of a light single-seater hunter was required, which should also be used as an advanced trainer. As a hunter ( home fighter ), the machine should be able to use two MG-17 machine guns and three 10 kg bombs.
development
At the end of 1934, the prototype Ar 76a designed by Walter Blume with a slightly V-shaped tailplane took off for its first flight. Like all Arado designs of that time, this one also had a vertical tail unit set forward to reduce the tendency to spin . After the crash of this machine, the Ar 76 V2 followed in spring 1935 with a straight horizontal stabilizer, the last prototype was the Ar 76 V3 . All three aircraft had devices for installing two MG 17 (250 rounds each) over the engine.
In the summer of 1935, the Ar 76 competed in a comparison flight against the Heinkel He 74 , the Focke-Wulf Fw 56 , the Henschel Hs 121 and the Henschel Hs 125 . Although it only achieved second place behind the Fw 56, a small series was produced by Arado Brandenburg from July 1935 to May 1936. A total of 189 aircraft were built.
technical description
The Ar 76 had a tubular steel fuselage with wooden form frames, the front part and the top cover were planked with light metal, the rest was covered with fabric. The entire structure was made of wood with fabric covering, the fixed tail wheel chassis was clad in a streamlined manner.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data (Ar 76 A-0) |
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crew | 1 |
length | 7.20 m |
span | 9.50 m |
height | 2.55 m |
Wing area | 13.35 m² |
Empty mass | 750 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 1070 kg |
Top speed | 267 km / h |
Marching speed | 220 km / h |
Climb performance | 432 m / min |
Rise time | 2.2 min at 1000 m altitude 20 min at 5000 m |
Service ceiling | 6400 m |
Range | maximum 470 km |
Flight duration | 2.4 h with 105 l fuel |
Engines | 1 × Argus As 10C , takeoff power 240 PS (177 kW) |
Armament | 1 × rigid 7.92 mm machine gun in the bow, up to three 10 kg infantry bombs |
See also
literature
- Gert W. Heumann: Aktion Heimatjäger: Arado 76 . In: Flight Revue . December 1965, p. 42 ff .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Archives / Military Archives Freiburg, Production Programs RL 3