Auster Arrow

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name = J-2 Arrow
type = Touring aircraft
manufacturer = Auster Aircraft Limited


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variants with their own articles = Auster J-4

The Auster J-2 Arrow was a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

History

The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engined. Import restrictions on the sale of American engines resulted in the nearly all of the 44 aircraft built being exported. Most of those exported went to Australia.

pecifications (J-2)

aircraft specification

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crew=3
length main= 25 ft 3 in
length alt= 7.7 m
span main= 36 ft 0 in
span alt= 10.97 m
height main= 6 ft 6 in
height alt= 1.98 m
area main= 185 ft²
area alt= 17.19 m²
empty weight main= 872 lb
empty weight alt= 396 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 1,450 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 659 kg
engine (prop)=Continental O-235-C1
type of prop= piston engine
number of props=1
power main= 108 hp
power alt= 80 kw
max speed main= 98 mph
max speed alt= 158 km
range main= 320 miles
range alt= 515 km
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climb rate main= 430 ft/min
climb rate alt= 131 m/min
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References

*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10006 9

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