Projeckt I was a proposed nightfighter design featuring a two-man crew in a pressurized cockpit. By Staff Writer
The Arado "Projekt I" was intended to be a two-man jet-powered night fighter. The aircraft featured a slender yet short fuselage with a delta-wing design extending from the cockpit down to the base of the empennage. The crew of two would have sat side-by-side in a pressurized cockpit offering up decent visibility forward, side and above. Twin vertical tail surfaces were affixed to the trailing edges of each wing assembly. Air for the twin BMW-brand 003A series turbojet engines was to be brought in from an under fuselage intake with exhaust jettisoned from the rear underside of the craft. A tricycle landing gear system was envisioned with the nose gear at extreme forward under the nose and the main gears recessing under each wing. Armament was intended to be a battery of 4 x MK 108 series 30mm cannons - no doubt a match for any Allied bombers it would have faced.
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Designation:Arado Ar Projekt I Classification Type:Nightfighter Contractor:Arado Flugzeugwerke - Germany Country of Origin: Nazi Germany Production Total: Not Available
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