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[slejsa]

The last German biplane had sad fate. The RLM ordered its construction in 1937 as navy fighter for planned carrier Graf Zeppelin. But works on this ship but continued very slowly. Its completion within two years turned out to be as unrealistic. That is why the RLM ordered to stop work on the project Ar 197. One interesting at the end. The aircraft had the opportunity to shoot off landing gear for easier landing on the water.
General characteristics
Producer: Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH in 1937
Number of Produced: 3
Crew: 1
Empty Weight: 1 840 kg (4 057 lb)
Take-off Weight: 2 475 kg (5 456 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2 674 kg (5 895 lb)
Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Length: 9,2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Height: 3,6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Wing Area: 21,3 m2 (229 sq ft)
Number of Engines: 1
Type of Engine: 1 × BMW 132Dc 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 656 kW (880 hp) for take-off
Propellers: 3-bladed fixed pitch metal propeller
Maximum Speed: 400 km/h (249 mph; 216 kn) at 2 500 m (8 202 ft)
Cruise Speed: 354 km/h (220 mph; 191 kn) at 1 500 m (4 921 ft)
Climb Rate: 7 m/s (1 378 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 4 000 m (13 123 ft) in 5,3 minutes
Service Ceiling: 8 600 m (28 215 ft)
Range: 695 km (432 mi; 375 nmi)
Ferry range: 1 638 km (1 018 mi; 884 nmi) with auxiliary fuel tank
Armament: 2 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine guns (500 rounds) and 1 × 20 mm MG FF cannon (60 rounds)
               4 × SC 50 bombs

[Maro]

Perfect request, I want this plane to IL-2 too.

[RealDarko]

Different engine?

[Phoenix9491]

would be interesting to see in game

[GerritJ9]

Hmmm.... looks like a mix of Henschel Hs-123 and Arado Ar-196. Frankenplane perhaps- Hs-123 with Ar-196 tail assy, add Fokker D.VII interplane struts and Bob's your uncle!

[slejsa]

Different engine?

Yes, the first prototype

[Joberg]

This is a really cool looking plane. I like how it looks like a stretched out gladiator or something! I see the wing guns but where did they mount the cannon?

[slejsa]

According to one of the sources, MG-FF cannons should be in the wings. Other Arados had machineguns above engine (similar as for example He 51). It would be so logical...