Engineering:Arado V I

V I
Role	Airliner
Manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1927
Primary user	Deutsche Luft Hansa
Number built	1

The Arado V.1 was a prototype airliner, built in Germany in 1927. It was a single-engine, high-wing braced monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage. It made several long-distance flights, including carrying mail to South America, before being exhibited in Berlin in 1929, when it was bought by Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Operational history

The sole V.I (D-1594), took part in the 1928 Berlin ILA-exhibition and was subsequently sold to Deutsche Luft Hansa (DLH) in the autumn of 1929 and named Tenerife on 12 December 1929. After a successful proving flight to Tenerife, the aircraft crashed near Berlin, on 19 December 1929, during its return flight, killing both pilots, though the mechanic survived.

Variants

Data from: German Aviation 1919-1945:Arado V.I

V.I

A single aircraft, (D-1594), sold to DLH.

V.Ia

The second aircraft, scrapped uncompleted, after DLH withdrew funding on the crash of the V.I.

Specifications (V.I)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4 pax
• Length: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
• Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 47.24 m² (508.5 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,350 kg (5,181 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 585 L (155 US gal; 129 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW licence-built Pratt & Whitney Hornet 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 370 kW (500 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
• Range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Wing loading: 50 kg/m² (10 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1596 kW/kg (0.0971 hp/lb)

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 73.