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Arado Ar-240

30.0k Dumpworks  8.5 years ago

An experimental high altitude heavy fighter, and high altitude reconaissance aircraft, but problems with the design caused it to be cancelled,but its various airframes were used for other testing (activator 1 for front guns and activator 2 for turret trim for main landing gears)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 59.2ft (18.0m)
  • Length 52.4ft (16.0m)
  • Height 11.2ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 11,412lbs (5,176kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,268lbs (8,740kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.207
  • Wing Loading 41.0lbs/ft2 (200.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 469.6ft2 (43.6m2)
  • Drag Points 6986

Parts

  • Number of Parts 95
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 522
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    @TheBoeingEngineer
    Sounds a lot like the Me-210

    8.5 years ago
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    My favorite Arado! Did you know that all AR-240s built flew badly and suffered from numerous minor problems.

    8.5 years ago