Arado Ar 199

The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft, built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was a low-wing monoplane, designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water. The enclosed cockpit had two side-by-side seats for instructor and student, and a third, rear seat, for a trainee-navigator or radio operator.

Ar 199
Model of an Ar 199
Role	Trainer
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1939[1]
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	31[2][3]

Two of the 5 prototypes, D-IFRB and D-ISBC did serve as trainers^[1] and were used for air-sea rescue operations from Northern Norway.^[4]

Specifications(Ar 199)

Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich Vol.1^[5]

General characteristics

• Crew: three
• Length: 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 30.4 m² (327 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,675 kg (3,693 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,075 kg (4,575 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 410C inverted V-12 air-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
• Cruise speed: 212 km/h (132 mph, 114 kn)
• Range: 740 km (460 mi, 400 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (890 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 11 minutes