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Arado
Ar 234 c-3 |
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Revell #04501 (1/48)
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This model depicts the Ar234 of
I./Stab Versuchsverband OKL
(?/Staff Test Experimental Unit Luftwaffe High Command)
1945
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Ar234c Information
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Role: | Bomber |
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| Country: | Germany | ||
| Manufacturer: | Arado | ||
| Introduced: | Sept 1944 | ||
| No Produced: | 14* /210** |
The Arado Ar 234 was the world's first operational jet-powered bomberI. Produced in very limited numbers, it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to be nearly impossible to intercept. It was the last Luftwaffe aircraft to fly over England during the war, in April 1945.
| Specifications: | |
| crew: | 1 |
| length: | 12.84m |
| wingspan: | 14.41m |
| height: | 4.29m |
| weight (empty): | 6530kg |
| weight (loaded): | 11050kg |
| Performance: | |
| Powerplant: | 4 x BMW 003a Strum turbojets (800kg thrust each) |
| Max Speed: | 873km/h |
| Range: | 770km |
| Service Ceiling: | 10000m |
| Armament: | |
| Guns: | 2 x MG 151/20 20mm autocannons (front) |
| 2 x MG 151/20 20mm autocanons (rear) | |
| Bombs: | 1500 kgs of bombs on three ETC 504 racks one rack under the belly and one under each engine nacelle |