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1934 fighter aircraft series by Arado
Ar 76
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Arado Ar 76 V3 photo from Le Pontentiel Aerien Mondial 1936
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Role
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Fighter
Type of aircraft
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Manufacturer
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Arado
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Designer
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Walter Blume
[1]
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First flight
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April 1934
[1]
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Introduction
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1936
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Primary user
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Luftwaffe
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Number built
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189
[2]
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Arado Ar 76
The
Arado Ar 76
was a German aircraft of the 1930s, designed as a light
fighter
with a secondary role as an advanced
trainer
in mind.
[1]
Development
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Arado's response to a requirement by the
Reichsluftfahrtministerium
(RLM) for a light / emergency fighter aircraft, was the Ar 76 which was evaluated against the
Heinkel He 74
,
Focke-Wulf Fw 56
, the
Henschel Hs 121
and
Hs 125
in 1935. Although the Fw 56 was selected for the main production contract, the RLM was sufficiently impressed by the Ar 76 to order a small number of production aircraft as well.
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Design
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The Ar 76 was a
parasol-wing
monoplane
with fixed,
tailwheel undercarriage
. The wings were constructed of fabric-covered wood, and the
fuselage
was fabric-covered steel tube.
[1]
It was powered by an
Argus As 10C
inverted
V8
which produced 240 horsepower (180 kW) and was capable of propelling the Ar 76 up to a maximum speed of 267 km/h (166 mph) and to a maximum altitude of 6,400 m (21,000 ft).
[3]
When used as a fighter the Ar 76 was armed with twin
7.92mm
MG 17
machine guns which were mounted above the engine and each had access to 250 rounds. However when used as an advanced trainer, it only carried a single MG 17.
[3]
Alongside this it could also carry two 10 kg (22 lb) SC 10 bombs, one under each wing.
[3]
Operational history
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Production Ar 76A aircraft were used by
Jagdfliegerschulen
(fighter pilot schools) from 1936.
[1]
Variants
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Data from:
[1]
- Ar 76a
- First
prototype
, (regn. D-ISEN).
- Ar 76 V2
- Second prototype, (regn. D-IRAS).
- Ar 76 V3
- Third prototype.
- Ar 76A
- Single-seat advanced trainer, lightweight fighter aircraft. Built in small numbers.
Operators
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Germany
Specifications (Ar 76A-0)
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Data from
Aircraft of the Third Reich
,
[1]
Flugzeug Typenbuch 1936
[4]
Luftwaffe Warbird Resource Group
[3]
General characteristics
- Crew:
one
- Length:
7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan:
9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height:
2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
- Wing area:
13.34 m
2
(143.6 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio
:
6.5
- Empty weight:
751 kg (1,656 lb)
- Gross weight:
1,072 kg (2,363 lb)
- Fuel capacity:
main tank:105 L (28 US gal; 23 imp gal); oil tank:12 L (3.2 US gal; 2.6 imp gal)
- Powerplant:
1 ×
Argus As 10C
inverted V-8 air-cooled piston engine, 179 kW (240 hp)
- Propellers:
2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed:
267 km/h (166 mph, 144 kn)
- Cruise speed:
221 km/h (137 mph, 119 kn)
- Landing Speed:
100 km/h (62 mph; 54 kn)
- Range:
470 km (290 mi, 250 nmi)
- Endurance:
2 hr 24 minutes
- Service ceiling:
6,400 m (21,000 ft)
- Rate of climb:
7.2 m/s (1,420 ft/min)
- Time to altitude:
1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 2.5 minutes
- Fuel consumption:
21 L (5.5 US gal; 4.6 imp gal) / 100 km (54 nmi; 62 mi)
- Oil consumption:
0.8 L (0.21 US gal; 0.18 imp gal) / 100 km (54 nmi; 62 mi)
Armament
- Guns:
- Bombs:
2 × 10 kg (22 lb) SC 10 fragmentation bombs
See also
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Related lists
References
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Citations
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Green, William (2010).
Aircraft of the Third Reich
(1st ed.). London. p. 35.
ISBN
978-1-900732-06-2
.
{{
cite book
}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link
)
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Federal Archive/Military Archive Freiburg, production programs RL 3
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a
b
c
d
"AR 76"
.
Luftwaffe Warbird Resource Group
.
- ^
Schneider, Helmut (1936).
Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936
(PDF)
(in German) (1936 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 11. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2018-09-08
. Retrieved
2018-12-20
.
Bibliography
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edit
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- Green, William (2010).
Aircraft of the Third Reich
(1st ed.). London. p. 35.
ISBN
978-1-900732-06-2
.
{{
cite book
}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link
)
- Green, William (1972).
Warplanes of the Third Reich
. New York: Doubleday.
ISBN
0-385-05782-2
.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
. London: Studio Editions. p. 71.
- World Aircraft Information Files
. Brightstar Aerospace Publishing, London. File 889 Sheet 69.
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Not assigned
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Unofficial/proposed
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Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved
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Assigned to captured aircraft
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Unconfirmed
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Propaganda/cover designation
Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.
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