Arado Ar 66

The Arado Ar 66 was a single-engine biplane school for pilot training of the German Luftwaffe.

Development

The Arado Ar 66 was born in 1932 and was a einstieliger biplane. She had a strong tiered structure. All surface showed an 8 ° - arrow shape. The elevator was far ahead of the vertical tail. Ing Walter Rethel began with the construction of the aircraft as the last work for the Arado Flugzeugwerke. The revision of the design to the production stage was carried out by his successor, Dipl. -Ing. Walter Blume.

Variants

The first version was called Ar 66 A and differed only slightly from the later production version of Ar 66 C. They even had high pressure tires with large diameter, a small -scale rudder and an unbalanced elevator. Registration of plant no. 78 was carried out as D- 2335 in September 1932.

The Ar 66 B was the water version of the Ar 66 C. At this version was the chassis has been replaced by a float made ​​from steel tube with cable bracing. The float frame carried two swimmers in wood construction. From this version, about ten machines were constructed and used for Seeflugzeugführer training. Plant no. 99; Registration: D -2557

The Ar 66 C ( Werk-Nr. 100, Registration: D- 2558 ) served as the series version of the Ar 66 A with slightly modified control and landing gear. From 1933 it was used in large numbers in the still secret Luftwaffe for pilot training. As construction companies, the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW ), Focke- Wulf, MIAG, AGO and Arado Brandenburg ( ArB ) or Warnemünde ( ArW ) were provided, but not all the aircraft actually built. Between October 1933 and July 1937 1449 Ar 66 were produced. In AGO have been built probably 197 aircraft. The rest is split between MIAG, ArB and ArW. With a total of 1,456 Ar 66 prototypes have been built. Six aircraft were exported to Spain in 1937. This remained the only exports of Ar 66

Use

Most Ar 66 were used for pilot training. In addition, the machines were also used as night attack aircraft on the Eastern Front. The night battle groups 2, 3 and 5 and the night battle groups 8 in Finland and 12 in Latvia flew the Ar 66 C. The machines were equipped with mines or 2 kg or 4 kg bombs.

Specifications

Technical details ( Arado Ar 66 B Lake )

Technical details ( Arado Ar 66 C)

Another for Type C

  • Type: Single-engined training aircraft and advanced trainer aircraft.
  • Wings: einstieliger, braced biplane. Zweiholmiger structure of wood, pine spars, ribs from Linde. N- stems. Ailerons in the upper and lower wings.
  • Hull: welded fuselage frame with an oval cross-section of steel tubes and covered with fabric.
  • Tail: Normal. Two I- stems abgestrebte tailplane on pre- coated fin on the fuselage upper edge lying, adjustable on the ground. Elevator balanced aerodynamic. About the elevator outstanding leading edge of the rudder acting also as compensation. Structure of the fins and rudders of steel tubing with fabric covering.
  • Suspension: rigid normal chassis shared. Each main wheel to strut with compressed rubber and oil damping by V- brace intercepted the fuselage side. Hydraulic brakes. Spur with a movable plate and pressure rubber suspension.
  • Engine: Air-cooled eight-cylinder engine A- Argus A 10 C with 240 hp starting power. Rigid two-bladed wooden propeller with 2.50 m diameter. 205 -liter fuel tank. 17 liters of lubricant.
  • Crew: 2 men in open seats with dual controls.
  • Military equipment: installation of blind and night flight facilities, FT- conditioning and photo equipment possible.
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