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The Arado Ar 79 was a German aircraft of the 1930s, designed as an aerobatic two-seat trainer and touring aircraft.[1]

Ar 79
Role	Aerobatic trainer Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Arado
First flight	20 April 1938
Introduction	1938
Produced	72

The Ar 79 was a monoplane with retractable, tailwheel undercarriage. The wings were constructed of fabric over plywood, the forward fuselage was of fabric over steel tube, and the rear fuselage was a monocoque structure.[1]

Operational history

The Ar 79 set a number of speed records in 1938:[1]

• On 15 July the solo 1,000 km (621.4 mi) at 229.04 km/h (142.32 mph),[1]
• On 29 July the 2,000 km (1,242.8 mi) at 227.029 km/h (141.069 mph).[1]
• From 29 to 31 December, a modified Ar 79, with a jettisonable 106 L (28 US gal) fuel tank and extra 520 L (140 US gal) tank behind the cabin, completed a non-stop 6,303 km (3,917 mi) flight from Benghazi, Libya to Gaya, India, at an average speed of 160 km/h (100 mph).[1]

Operators

 Hungary

• Royal Hungarian Air Force

Specifications

Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt 1944[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Height: 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 14 m² (150 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 7.14
• Empty weight: 460 kg (1,014 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 760 kg (1,676 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 120 l (32 US gal; 26 imp gal) fuel + 4 l (1.1 US gal; 0.88 imp gal) oil
• Powerplant: 1 × Hirth HM 504A-2 inverted 4-cyl. air-cooled in-line piston engine 105 PS (104 hp; 77 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller, 2 m (6 ft 7 in) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 205 km/h (127 mph, 111 kn) 75 PS (74 hp; 55 kW) at sea level
• Range: 1,025 km (637 mi, 553 nmi)
• Endurance: 5 hours 18 minutes
• Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,400 ft) solo

4,500 m (14,764 ft) dual

• g limits: +10.8 (ultimate)
• Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
• Time to altitude:
  

• 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 3 minutes 48 seconds
• 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 8 minutes 24 seconds

• Wing loading: 57 kg/m² (12 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1314 PS/kg (0.0588 hp/lb; 0.0966 kW/kg)
• Fuel consumption: 11 l/km (4.7 US gal/mi; 3.9 imp gal/mi)
• Oil consumption: 0.15 l/km (0.064 US gal/mi; 0.053 imp gal/mi)
• Take-off run: 180 m (591 ft)

Notes

References

• Donald, David, ed. (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Prospero Books. p. 118. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
• Green, William (2010). Aircraft of the Third Reich. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). London: Aerospace Publishing Limited. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978 1 900732 06 2.

External links

• Clipwings.com video of restored Arado Ar 79B

На других языках

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[de] Arado Ar 79

Die Arado Ar 79 war ein zweisitziges kunstflugtaugliches Reise- und Schulflugzeug mit Zweiblattstarrluftschraube. Mit diesem Modell wurden im Juli 1938 mehrere FAI-Geschwindigkeitsrekorde aufgestellt: über 1000 km mit 229 km/h, über 2000 km mit 227 km/h.

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- [en] Arado Ar 79

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[fr] Arado Ar 79

L'Arado Ar 79 est un avion de sport et de tourisme allemand de l'entre-deux guerres. Utilisé par la Luftwaffe comme avion de liaison, il a fait l'objet d'une tentative de modernisation dans les années 1950.

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[it] Arado Ar 79

L'Arado Ar 79 era un aereo da turismo monomotore ad ala bassa usato anche come addestratore avanzato acrobatico sviluppato dalla tedesca Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH nella seconda parte degli anni trenta.

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[ru] Arado Ar 79

Arado Ar 79 — немецкий многоцелевой тренировочный самолет.

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