Arado E.583

what is it?

The Arado E.583 (Arado Ar P.I ) was a project design from 1945 for a jet-powered night fighter aircraft of the German manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 18.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 810 km/htop speed
• range 3,600 kmwithout refuelling
• size 24 tmax take-off weight

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 6.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 18.4 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,600 km: 20× Amsterdam to Brussels.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

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role

night fighter twinjet project

makers

Arado Flugzeugwerke

engines

2× He-S011

length

13 m

wingspan

18.4 m

max take-off weight

24 t

top speed

810 km/h

range

3,600 km

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