Failed Zerstörer | Arado Ar 240

Before the onset of the Second World War, the Luftwaffe, Germany's Air Force, devoted considerable time and resources to the advancement of aircraft technology. By the late 1930s, the need arose for a new versatile twin-engine aircraft. Amidst this demand, the Arado aircraft manufacturer unveiled its project dubbed the Ar 240. Initially touted for its promising capabilities, the aircraft faced significant setbacks attributed to handling issues and mechanical failures. These challenges rendered it unsuitable for active service, resulting in only a handful being manufactured. Despite a limited operational stint within the Luftwaffe, the Ar 240 failed to fulfill its potential.
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[@fighterace316]

I remember the boxart of the Ar 240 in 1/72 by Revell and it was drawn as a night fighter. It looked badass

[@jlvfr]

Is there _any_ plane of that era that Eric Brown didn't fly?!

[@IntrospectorGeneral]

I don't think that he ever flew the Short Sunderland, Consolidated Coronado, or Martin Mariner flying boats which were all in service with the UK during WW2. He flew the big Blohm & Voss flying boats so it obviously was due to lack of confidence. There are a number of Japanese fighter types missing from his list and, for the truly pedantic, he didn't fly the CAC Boomerang.

[@jlvfr]

@@IntrospectorGeneral so he only flew 95% :)

[@IntrospectorGeneral]

@@jlvfr I check the list every few years for additions. A man who flew that many aircraft is bound to forget a few. The Bell P-63 doesn't appear on the 'official' Guinness Records list but is recorded as flown on a day when he flew eight different aircraft types (of the 30 types he flew that month). The list is about 100 longer than when I first read about Eric Brown circa 1970.

[@robbudden]

Basically, yes

[@derekowens1817]

Only one Aichi type, no Avia, Fokker, IAR, Kawanishi or Tachikawa models and, presumably many other aircraft not flown by him. D

[@BV-fr8bf]

So the equivalent of the Me210 twin engine aircraft, without the large production orders & the fix, the replacement plane is a '4' series aircraft (Me410 and Ar440.)

[@edxcal84]

Had they gone with a more conventional flap/aileron set up, this might have helped with stability.

[@mickmuzzmkmz1628]

Interesting video, but an explanation for the unusual "hollow" spinners, shown on the DB603 powered examples, would have been nice.

[@gort8203]

It was the intake for the engine coolant radiator.

[@robbudden]

Yes, pressurised annular radiators. The spinnersbhad internal fans

[@micodyerski1621]

Thanks for that. I never of this one before.

[@MrDino1953]

So they tried many versions and they all had “problems”, but we have no idea what they were.

[@The_armed_Whale]

Why the Minecraft music at the start 😭

[@MachDoch74]

Greetings from the site of the ex AGO Flugzeugwerke Oschersleben

[@PeteSampson-qu7qb]

Um. I'm unaware of a source claiming the 240 was fitted with DB 603's; which just barely entered production in mid 1942.

[@MrNaKillshots]

Took long enough, to get it up and running

[@jussi8111]

that cockpit reminds me of the Yak-2/4

[@kaletovhangar]

Also that two wheel landing gear, just like YAK-2/4.

[@AlistairGale]

Was that a rubber powered model near the end?

[@AlistairGale]

The outsized propellers, the way it seemed to wallow when freewheeling. Not to mention the earlier plainly obvious RC model landing in tall grass.

[@ralphe5842]

Tragedy? Really

[@Troy_Tempest]

Bf 110