| Manufacturer |
Avro |
Arado Flugzeugwerke |
| Description |
The Avro 604 Antelope was a British light bomber which was designed and built in the late 1920s to meet a requirement for a light bomber to equip the Royal Air Force, competing against the Hawker Hart and the Fairey Fox II. |
The Arado Ar 197 was a German World War II-era biplane, designed for naval operations for the never-completed German aircraft carrier . |
| First Flight |
1928-07-01 |
1937-01-01 |
| Service End |
1933-09-01 |
|
| Designer |
Avro |
Walter Blume |
| Type |
Light Bomber |
Naval fighter |
| Length (m) |
9.4488 |
9.2 |
| Height (m) |
3.048 |
3.6 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
278.4165 |
400 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
233.3549 |
354 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
6705.6 |
8600 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
7.4676 |
|
| Armament |
:*1 × synchronised, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun :*1 × flexible .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in rear cockpit; :*Up to two 250 lb (113 kg) bombs |
2 x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns with 500 rpg and 2 x 20 mm MG FF cannon with 60 rpg.; Up to 4 50 kg (110 lb) SC50 bombs. |
| Number Built |
1 |
3 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Rolls-Royce F.XI.B V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 358 kW (480 hp) each |
1 × BMW 132Dc 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 656 kW (880 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Luftwaffe |
| Status |
Prototype |
Prototype |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Antelope |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_197 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.9728 |
11 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
35.0244 |
21.3 |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |