Arado Ar 95

Infobox Aircraft
name=Ar 95


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type=Reconnaissance
manufacturer=Arado
designer=
first flight=1936
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retired=
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primary user=Chile
more users=Kriegsmarine
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variants with their own articles=Arado Ar 195

The Arado 95 was a single engined reconnaissance and patrol biplane designed and built by the German firm Arado in the late 1930s. Ordered by Chile and Turkey, a number were taken over by the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) when World War II started.

Development

The Arado 95 was designed in 1935 as a two seat seaplane, for coastal patrol, reconnaissance and light attack roles. The first prototype, an all metal biplane powered by a BMW 132 engine, flew in 1936cite book| last = Smith | first = J.R | coauthors = Kay, Antony L | title = German Aircraft of the Second World War| year = 1972 | publisher = Putnam | location = London | isbn =85177 836 4 ] , while a second prototype was powered by a Junkers Jumo 210 liquid cooled engine. The two prototypes were evaluated against the similar Focke-Wulf Fw 62. The BMW powered version was considered worthy of further study, and a batch of six were sent for further evaluation with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War cite book |last= Donald|first=David (Editor) |title= Warplanes of the Luftwaffe|year= 1994|publisher= Aerospace Publishing|location= London|isbn=1 874023 56 5 ] .

The Arado Ar 95 was the basis for the prototype Ar 195 carrier based torpedo bomber, which was proposed for operation from the German carrier Graf Zeppelin .

Operational history

The Ar 95 was not ordered by the German armed forces, and so was offered for export in two versions, the Ar 95W floatplane and Ar 95L landplane, with a fixed, spatted undercarriage. Six Ar 95Ls were ordered by the Chilean Air Force, being delivered prior to the start of World War IIcite book |last= Taylor|first= Michael J. H. (Editor)|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation|year= 1989|publisher= Jane's Publishing|location= London|isbn=1 85170 324 1 ] . Turkey placed an order for Ar 95Ws, but these were taken over by Germany on the outbreak of war.

The requisitioned Ar 95s were designated by the Luftwaffe as the Ar 95A, and were used for training and for coastal reconnaissance operations in the Baltic sea, operating off the coast of Latvia and Estonia in 1941, and in the Gulf of Finland. They continued operating until late 1944.

Operators

*CHL
*flag|Germany|Nazi: Luftwaffe

pecifications (Arado 95A-1)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

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crew=Two
capacity=
length main= 11.10 m
length alt= 36 ft 5 in
span main= 12.50 m
span alt= 41 ft 0 in
height main= 3.60 m
height alt= 11 ft 9¾ in
area main= 45.4 m²
area alt= 488.7 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 2,450kg
empty weight alt= 5,402 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 3,560 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 7,870 lb
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engine (prop)=BMW 132De
type of prop=Radial engine
number of props=1
power main= 656 kW
power alt= 880 hp
power original=
max speed main= 310 km/h
max speed alt= 168 knots, 193 mph
max speed more= at 3000 m (9840 ft)
cruise speed main= 255 km/h
cruise speed alt= 137 knots, 158 mph
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 1100 km
range alt= 594 nm, 683 mi
ceiling main= 7,300 m
ceiling alt= 24,000 ft
climb rate main= 7.5 m/s
climb rate alt= 1,476 ft/min
loading main= 78.4 kg/m²
loading alt= 16.1 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 184 W/kg
power/mass alt= 0.112 hp/lb
more performance=
armament=* One fixed forward firing 7.92 mm MG17 machine gun and one flexible MG15 in rear cockpit

*One 800 kg (1,760 lb) torpedo "or" 500 kg (1,102 lb) bomb on underfuselage rack
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References

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