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AR-234 B-2

177k QuiteInactiveWhiteBread  3.3 years ago
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I am aware of this build looking odd, I really can’t put a finger on what it is, only thing I can think of is it may be too long, but my blueprint fit it perfectly

Controls

Normal flight controls
VTOL flaps

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The Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lightning) was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II.

In late 1940, the Reich Air Ministry (German: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) offered a tender for a jet-powered high-speed reconnaissance aircraft with a range of 2,156 km (1,340 mi). Arado was the only company to respond, offering their E.370 project, led by Professor Walter Blume.[2] This was a high-wing conventional-looking design with a Junkers Jumo 004 engine under each wing.[citation needed]

Arado estimated a maximum speed of 780 km/h (480 mph) at 6,000 m (20,000 ft), an operating altitude of 11,000 m (36,000 ft) and a range of 1,995 km (1,240 mi). The range was short of the RLM request, but they liked the design and ordered two prototypes as the Ar 234. These were largely complete before the end of 1941, but the Jumo 004 engines were not ready, and would not be ready until February 1943.[2] When they did arrive they were considered unreliable by Junkers for in-flight use and were cleared for static and taxi tests only. Flight-qualified engines were finally delivered, and the Ar 234 V1 made its first flight on 30 July 1943 at Rheine Airfield (presently Rheine-Bentlage Air Base).[3]

By September, four prototypes were flying. The second prototype, Arado Ar 234 V2, crashed on 2 October 1943 at Rheine near Münster after suffering a fire in its port wing, failure of both engines and various instrumentation failures. The aircraft dived into the ground from 1,200 m (3,900 ft), killing pilot Flugkapitän Selle.[4] The eight prototype aircraft were fitted with the original arrangement of trolley-and-skid landing gear, intended for the planned operational, but never-produced Ar 234A version.

The sixth and eighth of the series were powered with four BMW 003 jet engines instead of two Jumo 004s, the sixth having four engines housed in individual nacelles,[5] and the eighth flown with two pairs of BMW 003s installed within "twinned" nacelles underneath each wing. These were the first four-engine jet aircraft to fly. The twin-Jumo 004 powered Ar 234 V7 prototype made history on 2 August 1944 as the first jet aircraft ever to fly a reconnaissance mission, flown by Erich Sommer.[6]


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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 54.4ft (16.6m)
  • Length 48.1ft (14.6m)
  • Height 16.6ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 3,517lbs (1,595kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,051lbs (6,827kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.746
  • Wing Loading 31.7lbs/ft2 (154.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 474.5ft2 (44.1m2)
  • Drag Points 4163

Parts

  • Number of Parts 356
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,476
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    9,409 Tookan

    "Reichsluftfahrtministerium"
    Hey Hans, I'm going to take a massive fahrt

    +1 3.3 years ago
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    The main reason i hated it before is cus I thought I couldn’t get anything right, there was alw something I needed to do better, but whatever anymore, I’m just like (A lot of people love my builds, but some people think I can do better, so I will just not see it as an insult, more as I know you can do better) you see?@BogdanX

    3.3 years ago
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    Yeah, about the constructive criticism, I don’t care about that anymore, honestly I will just try to learn from it, I know i was an ass to people who criticized me before, but no more, thanks for the help, but is there a code that has pitch and trim so I don’t need 2 rotators? @BogdanX

    3.3 years ago
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    The nose goes up and down, it corrects it, for me and every other build I had a trim slider, are you on a COMPUTER? If so that’s why, cus a setting disables trim on computer from what happened to me, also I don’t have to add a moving elevator for trim, it moves so slightly so what is the point? I mean if people other than just 1 person You would complain bout it, then I might do something but otherwise I just don’t see the point @BogdanX

    3.3 years ago
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    The flaps actually do do something, as I built it they do something,I wasn’t sure how to make cost on weapons so I chose a non weapon design, also since when did the ar234 have a bomb bay?how does the wheel not fit well? I would like a picture, and what the heck, there is trimming bruh, literaly just fly and trim and it works I don’t get it @BogdanX

    3.3 years ago
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    Noice

    3.3 years ago
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    @Shoukaku lolll

    3.3 years ago
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    39.9k Rudeus

    fastest updoot in the wild west

    3.3 years ago