Arado Ar 199

what is it?

The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft, built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was a low-wing monoplane, designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water. The enclosed cockpit had two side-by-side seats for instructor and student, and a third, rear seat, for a trainee-navigator or radio operator.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 260 km/htop speed
• range 740 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,075 kgmax take-off weight
• built 31made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 87 years ago, in 1939.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1939

number built

31

role

trainer

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Arado Flugzeugwerke

engines

1× Argus As 410C

length

10.6 m

wingspan

12.7 m

height

4.4 m

max take-off weight

2,075 kg

top speed

260 km/h

cruise speed

212 km/h

range

740 km

ceiling

6,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.