Arado SSD I

Arado SSD I
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Arado
First flight:	1929
Number of pieces:	1

The Arado SSD I was a marine fighter aircraft made by Arado Flugzeugwerke in a biplane design .

development

The SSD I was designed by Walter Rethel in 1929 and was one of the first two seaplanes developed by Arado with the Arado W II sea training aircraft . The construction of the SSD I turned out to be inferior to the competitor model Heinkel HD 38 and so there was only one machine produced. The single piece with central float was manufactured in a mixed construction and received the registration number D-1905 . It was mainly used for catapult launch attempts. In 1933 it broke when it landed on the Breitling .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
length	10.10 m (with float)
height	3.40 m
span	10.00 m (both wings)
Wing area	30.90 m²
Empty mass	1626 kg
Flight mass	2030 kg
Landing speed	105 km / h
Top speed	280 km / h
Summit height	6800 m
Engines	12-cylinder V-engine BMW VI with 477 kW (650 PS) acting on two-bladed propellers
Armament	two MG 08/15 firing through the propeller circle

Web links

Commons : Arado SSD I - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jürgen Becker: Seaplanes - flying boats, amphibians, float planes. In: German aviation. Volume 21, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1994, ISBN 3-7637-6106-3 , pp. 155-156.
↑ ^a ^b Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: The Arado Airplanes - From Biplane to Jet Airplane. In: German aviation. Volume 31, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 2000, ISBN 3-7637-6122-5 , pp. 38-40.

[Becker-1] Hans-Jürgen Becker: Seaplanes - flying boats, amphibians, float planes. In: German aviation. Volume 21, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1994, ISBN 3-7637-6106-3 , pp. 155-156.

[Kranzhoff-2] Jörg Armin Kranzhoff: The Arado Airplanes - From Biplane to Jet Airplane. In: German aviation. Volume 31, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 2000, ISBN 3-7637-6122-5 , pp. 38-40.