Aeronca Arrow

The Aeronca Model 9 Arrow was a low-wing all-metal cabin monoplane with retractable landing gear.^[1] It was marketed to returning pilots from World War II^[2] and unveiled in 1947 but never went into production.

Aeronca Arrow
General information
National origin	United States of America
Manufacturer	Aeronca
History
Introduction date	1947

The single prototype (registered NX39581) was destroyed in a crash during a test flight due to propeller failure.

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
• Wingspan: 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Wing area: 137 sq ft (12.7 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 6.57
• Empty weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 25 US gal (21 imp gal; 95 L)
• Powerplant: 1 × Franklin 4AC 4-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
  
• Landing speed (flaps): 48 mph (42 kn; 77 km/h)
• Landing speed (no flaps): 54 mph (47 kn; 87 km/h)
• Range: 310 mi (500 km, 270 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
• Wing loading: 2.2 lb/sq ft (10.6 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 15.9 lb/hp (9.65 kg/kW)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Culver Cadet
• Globe GC-1 Swift
• Johnson Rocket 185
• Piper PT-1