- Arado Ar 64
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name = Ar 64
type = Biplane Fighter
manufacturer =Arado
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first flight = 1930
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primary user =Luftwaffe
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variants with their own articles = The Arado Ar 64 was a single seatbiplane aircraft developed in the late 1920s. It was among the first fighters produced whenGermany abandoned the restrictions of theTreaty of Versailles and began rearming.The Ar 64 was a derivative of the earlier Arado SD II and SD III. It was built based upon the "Reichswehrministerium"'s (
Reich Air Ministry ) requirement for a successor to theFokker D.XIII fighter. The AR 64d and 64e would the first fighters built in quantity by Germany since the end ofWorld War I . The two differed as the 64d had a revised undercarriage and a four bladed propeller and the 64e had a two bladed propeller attached to a direct drive version of the Jupiter VI radial. In the summer of1932 , twenty aircraft of both types were ordered and nineteen of them were assigned to the "Jagdfliegerschule" atSchleissheim and the Jagdstaffeln of the "Fliegergruppe" Doberitz and "Fliegergruppe" Damm.Variants
*Ar 64a : Prototype, powered by a (530hp) Jupiter VI nine-cylinder radial. First flight in 1930.
*Ar 64b : Only two built powered by a (640hp)BMW VI 6.3 12-cylinder Vee-type water-cooled engine. First flight in 1931.
*Ar 64c : Powered by a (530hp) Jupiter VI radial, but with minor structural changes.
*Ar 64d : Production model. Featured redesigned, and enlarged vertical tail surfaces and a revised undercarriage. Powered by a geared Jupiter VI radial.
*Ar 64e : Production model. Similar to the 64d but with a direct drive version of the Jupiter VI radial engine.Operators
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pecifications (Ar 64)
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length main= 7.82 m
length alt= 25 ft 8 in
span main= 9.90 m
span alt= 32 ft 6 in
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empty weight main= 1,245 kg
empty weight alt= 2,745 lb
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max takeoff weight main= 1,680 Kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3,704 lb
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engine (prop)= Jupiter VI
type of prop=9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
number of props=1
power main= 530 hp
power alt= 395 kW
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max speed main= 250 km/h
max speed alt= 155 mph
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* 2 x 7.92mm (0.31in)MG 17 machine gun s
* Light bombs
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*List of military aircraft of Germany see also=
ources
* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough, "The Complete Book of Fighters " (Salamander Books, 2002)
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