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The Arado Ar 199 was a light floatplane designed for use as a trainer, but that never entered full production.
The Ar 199 was designed in 1938 in response to an official requirement for a floatplane trainer. It was a low wing monoplane, of all metal construction, with two single step floats attached to the base of the fuselage by a network of struts. It carried a crew of three – the instructor and two students – one pilot and one navigator/ radio operator. The cockpit was covered by a large greenhouse canopy.
Two prototypes were produced powered by a 450hp Argus As 410C twelve-cylinder inverted V air cooled engine, powering a two blade airscrew. One of the two was built with an Argus automatic pitch-change spinner. The two prototypes, V1 D-IRFB and V2 D-ISBC, made their maiden flights in 1939. However the requirement for a trainer was changed, and the Ar 199 was no longer needed, so the Ar 199A production version was cancelled (possibly after 26 had been built). The two prototypes did go to the Luftwaffe for use as trainers.
At least five prototypes were produced. Ar 199V2 went to Travemunde for trials in July 1939, followed by V3 in September, V4 in November and V1 in January 1940. In January-February 1940 V1 and V3 were used for trials on landing on ice with special ice skids on the floats
Engine: Argus As 410C
Power: 450hp
Crew: 3
Span: 41ft 8in
Length: 34ft 8 1/8in
Height: 14ft 4 1/4in
Empty weight: 3,693lb
Loaded weight: 4,575lb
Max speed: 161mph at 9,840ft
Climb Rate: 11min to 9,840ft
Service ceiling: 21,320ft
Range: 460 miles
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935-1945, Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage.
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