Arado Ar 68

what is it?

The Arado Ar 68 was a single-seat biplane fighter designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was among the first fighters produced when Germany abandoned the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles and began rearming. The Ar 68 was a part of Arado's continuing fighter development programme, being designed during the early 1930s as a biplane of relatively standard construction.

base stats

• speed 330 km/htop speed
• range 500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,020 kgmax take-off weight
• built 511made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1934

introduced

1936

retired

1940

status

retired

number built

511

role

biplane fighter

origin

Nazi Germany

makers

Arado Flugzeugwerke

engines

1× BMW VI

length

9.5 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

2,020 kg

top speed

330 km/h

range

500 km

ceiling

7,400 m

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