Arado E.583
Arado E.583 | |
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Type: | Project of a night fighter plane |
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The Arado E.583 was a project draft from 1945 for a jet-powered night fighter aircraft from the German manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH .
history
The design of the E.583 goes back to the E.581 , an earlier project by Arado, in which design variants for a single-jet, tailless (without horizontal stabilizer) night fighter were also examined. The starting point for the E.581 was again the studies in connection with the E.555 project for a multi-jet long-range bomber. The Heinkel HeS 011 jet engine of the E.581, which is integrated into the fuselage , however, due to the long inlet and the large fuselage surface, only expected insufficient performance in the high-speed range.
Arado then created two new project drafts in accordance with the guidelines issued in January 1945 for the optimum solution for a night fighter. The studies Ar I and Ar II - also referred to as project I and II - were presented at the same time under the overall designation E.583.
The Ar I was based on the draft E.581-5, but had significantly larger dimensions. The reviewers complained on 20./21. March 1945 again the resistance-generating engine intakes and large surfaces. Arado then improved the design so that a third crew member and a larger amount of fuel could be accommodated. A third variant received smaller and more strongly swept wings. It is said to have served as a model for the American Vought F7U-3 Cutlass . However, the head of Vought's aerodynamic research department, William C. Schoolfield, denied that there was any orientation towards German research results.
The Ar II was an easier to implement alternative for a night and bad weather chaser. The design had swept wings and was based heavily on the Arado Ar 234 and the TEW 16 / 43-23 study. The maximum speed was calculated to be 775 km / h and thus lower than that of the Ar I.
construction
The Ar I was designed as a tailless aircraft in which the ailerons also served as a horizontal stabilizer. The two rudders were each placed on top of the wings.
Technical specifications
for the Ar I
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 2 |
length | 12.95 m |
span | 18.38 m |
Wing area | |
Wing swept | 35 |
Takeoff mass | 12,247 kg |
Top speed | 810 km / h at an altitude of 9000 m |
Service ceiling | 13,000 m |
Flight duration | 2:36 h at an altitude of 10,000 m |
Engines | Two He-S011 jet engines half retracted in the fuselage |
Armament | two machine guns MK 213 / nose section 30 is adjacent to the radar system, two MK 108 as an inclined armament, two MK 213/30 as a rear arming According to other sources only four MK 108 in the nose section. |
See also
literature
- Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: The Arado aircraft - from biplane to jet aircraft. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7637-6122-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jim Winchester: F7U Cutlass. International Air Power Review Vol. 15, p. 100.
- ^ Heinz J. Nowarra: The German Air Armament 1933-1945 . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 .
- ↑ Dan Johnson: Ar I at luft46.com , accessed January 28, 2010