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Germany - Arado Ar 234 Variants |
Arado Ar 234 Prototypes
Arado E 370 Draft proposal submitted to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) for a fast jet reconnaissance bomber.
Ar 234 V1 to V5 Initial prototypes of the Ar 234A with skid landing gear, take-off nosegear trolley with trio of retractable landing skids, and 2 x Jumo 004 engines.
Ar 234 V6 & V8 Prototypes for what would become the four engined Ar 234C's engine installation, while retaining the A model skid undercarriage, the V6 was fitted with the quartet of BMW 003 engines in individual nacelles, unlike the V8 prototype which had the BMW jet engines in a pair of "twinned" nacelles.
Ar 234 V7 Development aircraft for the Ar 234B production aircraft, retaining the skid undercarriage, and saw active service.
Ar 234 V9 to V11 Representative prototypes of the Ar 234B production aircraft, with the V9 being the first retractable tricycle-geared airframe.
Ar 234 V13 & V20 A pair of B-series prototypes fitted with quartets of the BMW 109-003 engines for the C-series aircraft, using the V8 prototype's "twinned" nacelles, without the V8 example's retractable wing-skids.
Ar 234 V15 A single B-series airframe fitted with 2 x BMW 003 engines for engine development testing, and rumored to have been considered for new wing planform tests.
Ar 234 V16 Intended to be fitted with an experimental crescent wing with sweep back lessening towards the tips, evolved by Dipl.-Ing. R.E. Kosin. The wing was constructed but was destroyed before it could be fitted.
Ar 234 V21 to V30 C-series development aircraft. V26 and V30 had experimental thick section wooden and thin section metal laminar flow wings.
Ar 234 V1 to V5 Initial prototypes of the Ar 234A with skid landing gear, take-off nosegear trolley with trio of retractable landing skids, and 2 x Jumo 004 engines.
Ar 234 V6 & V8 Prototypes for what would become the four engined Ar 234C's engine installation, while retaining the A model skid undercarriage, the V6 was fitted with the quartet of BMW 003 engines in individual nacelles, unlike the V8 prototype which had the BMW jet engines in a pair of "twinned" nacelles.
Ar 234 V7 Development aircraft for the Ar 234B production aircraft, retaining the skid undercarriage, and saw active service.
Ar 234 V9 to V11 Representative prototypes of the Ar 234B production aircraft, with the V9 being the first retractable tricycle-geared airframe.
Ar 234 V13 & V20 A pair of B-series prototypes fitted with quartets of the BMW 109-003 engines for the C-series aircraft, using the V8 prototype's "twinned" nacelles, without the V8 example's retractable wing-skids.
Ar 234 V15 A single B-series airframe fitted with 2 x BMW 003 engines for engine development testing, and rumored to have been considered for new wing planform tests.
Ar 234 V16 Intended to be fitted with an experimental crescent wing with sweep back lessening towards the tips, evolved by Dipl.-Ing. R.E. Kosin. The wing was constructed but was destroyed before it could be fitted.
Ar 234 V21 to V30 C-series development aircraft. V26 and V30 had experimental thick section wooden and thin section metal laminar flow wings.