Arado Ar 65 - a German single-seat fighter -biplane of the 1930s, which was developed based on the design of the Ar 64 aircraft. The aircraft had a modernized BMW VI engine.
| Ar 65 | |
|---|---|
 Ar 65 Bulgarian Air Force | |
| Type of | fighter |
| Developer | Arado flugzeugwerke |
| Manufacturer | Arado flugzeugwerke |
| Chief Designer | Walter Rethel |
| The first flight | 1931 |
| Start of operation | 1933 |
| End of operation | 1944 |
| Status | decommissioned |
| Operators |  Luftwaffe  Military Air Force in Bulgaria |
| Units produced | 85 |
Content
- 1 Armament
- 2 Options and modifications
- 3 Flight performance
- 4 Operators
- 5 Literature
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Armament
Two 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns were installed on the fighter (with 500 rounds of ammunition). Large bomb bay for 6-10 kg of bombs.
Options and Modifications
- Ar 65a (tail number W / nr 71 ) - the first prototype of the 1931 model with a 12-cylinder water-cooling engine BMW-VI 7.3 (750 hp)
- Ar 65b (tail number W / nr 77 ) - second prototype
- Ar 65c - the third prototype
- Ar 65d - the first production model of the 1932 model, had a lower height gargroth behind the cockpit and the rear of the fuselage lowered down. Total manufactured 10 pcs. Engine BMW-VI 7.3 (750 hp)
- Ar 65E is the second production model without a bomb bay, but with a radio station installed.
- Ar 65F - the third production model, had minor changes in design and new equipment, which increased take-off weight by 40 kg
Flight performance
Engine:
type: BMW-VI 7.3
power = 750 l. from.
Wingspan, m = 11.2
The length of the aircraft, m = 8.38
The height of the aircraft, m = 3.40
Wing Area, m² = 29
Weight kg:
empty plane = 1511
take-off = 1930
Maximum speed, km / h = 298
Rate of climb, m / s = 10.5
Practical ceiling, m = 7600
Range, km = 560
Operators
- Germany - taken into service in 1933, withdrawn from service in 1936.
- Bulgaria - 12 fighters, donated in 1936. Adopted in 1937 [1] under the name aircraft 7027 "Eagle" . In 1939 they were transferred to the flight school, they were used as training machines until the end of 1943, the last machine was withdrawn from service in 1944.
Literature
- Andrei Kharuk, “Hitler’s combat aircraft. The first color encyclopedia of the Luftwaffe - M .: Yauza: EXMO: 2014. - 400 p .: ill. ", ISBN 978-5-699-70867-3
Notes
- ↑ Ferenc A. Vajda, Peter G. Dancey. German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945. Society of Automotive Engineers Inc., 1998. page 256