| Manufacturer |
Gloster Aircraft Company |
Arado Flugzeugwerke |
| Description |
The Gloster E.1/44 was a British single-engined jet fighter design of the Second World War, developed and produced by the British aviation firm Gloster Aircraft Company. |
The Arado Ar 81 was a German prototype dive bomber. |
| First Flight |
1948-03-09 |
1935-01-01 |
| Designer |
George Carter |
Walter Blume |
| Type |
Fighter |
|
| Length (m) |
11.6 |
11.65 |
| Height (m) |
5.6 |
3.57 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
997.7933 |
345 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
13411.2 |
7700 |
| Armament |
4 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon |
; 1 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun fixed in the engine cowling, ; 1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun flexible in the rear cockpit; 1 × 250 kg bomb on a swinging crutch under the fuselage |
| National Origin |
|
Germany |
| Number Built |
3 |
3 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Rolls-Royce Nene II centrifugal flow turbojet |
1 × Junkers Jumo 210Ca inverted V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 477 kW (640 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Air Force (intended) |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_E.1/44 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_81 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
11 |
11.2 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
23.5974 |
35.6 |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |