Arado Ar 67

Ar 67
Role	Biplane Fighter
Manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1933
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Produced	1933
Number built	1

The Arado Ar 67 was the single-seat biplane fighter successor to the Ar 65. The Ar 67 appeared in 1933 and was developed alongside the Ar 68. The Ar 67 was considerably smaller and lighter than the Ar 65. But the Ar 68 proved to be a better performer, and all further work on the Ar 67 was discontinued after only one prototype was built.

Specifications (Ar 67a)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 9.68 m (31 ft 9 in)
• Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 25.06 m² (269.7 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,270 kg (2,800 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,660 kg (3,660 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Kestrel VI , 391 kW (525 hp) for take-off
  

447.4 kW (600 hp) at 3,352 m (10,997 ft)

477.2 kW (640 hp) at 4,267 m (13,999 ft)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 295 km/h; 159 kn (183 mph) at 3,770 m (12,369 ft)
  

340 km/h (211 mph) at 3,770 m (12,369 ft)

• Service ceiling: 9,299 m (30,510 ft)
• Rate of climb: 8 m/s (1,600 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 2.1 minutes
  

5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 9.5 minutes

Armament

• Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns with 500 rpg (proposed)

See also

• List of military aircraft of Germany

References

• Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough, The Complete Book of Fighters (Salamander Books, 2002)
• Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier. 1. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 41. ISBN 3-7637-5465-2. 
• Green, William (1970). Warplanes of the Tthird Reich. New York: Doubleday & Company Inc.. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.