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Type: Light fighter and advanced trainer prototype Origin: Arado Handelsgesellschaft, Warnedmunde Models: A First Flight: Late 1934 Service Delivery: 1936, single small batch Final Delivery: N/A POWERPLANT: Model: Argus As 10C Type: Inverted-V8 aircooled Number: One Horsepower: 240 hp DIMENSIONS: Wing span: 9.50m (31 ft. 2 in.) Length: 7.20m (23 ft. 7½ in.) Height: 2.54m (8 ft. 4¼ in.) Wing Surface Area: N/A |
WEIGHTS: Empty: 750kg (1,653 lbs.) Maximum: 1,070kg (2,359 lbs.) PERFORMANCE: Maximum Speed: 267km/h (166 mph) Initial climb: N/A Range: 292 Miles (470 km) Service Ceiling: 21,000 ft. (6400m) ARMAMENT: Fighter - Two fixed MG 17 7.92mm machine guns mounted above engine. Trainer - One fixed MG 17 7.92mm machine gun mounted above engine.
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Comments Arado's entry into the Light home-defence fighter competition, the Ar 76 proved to be a very capable fighter/trainer and only narrowly lost the competition to the Fw 56 Stoesser. However, the Luftwaffe was impressed enough to order a small batch for use by the Jagdfliegerschulen (fighter pilot schools.)
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe  , 1977, Salamander
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