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PropertyValue
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  • Arado E.381
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  • There were three proposed variants; each had fuel capacity for only two target runs, after which the pilot would have been required to glide without power to a landing on under-belly skids. To survive close pursuits, the E.381 was designed with the narrowest frontal cross section possible to increase its chances of surviving shots from the front. This also forced the pilot to lie in a prone position. The cross-section was , or approximately a quarter of the cross section of the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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Guns
  • 1
length alt
  • 467.36
span main
  • 4.43
Status
  • Abandoned
height alt
  • 129.54
primary user
Type
length main
  • 4.69
height main
  • 1.29
span alt
  • 441.96000000000004
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 900
National Origin
  • Germany
type of jet
engine (jet)
max speed alt
  • 559.0
jet or prop?
  • jet
number of jets
  • 1
plane or copter?
  • plane
rockets
  • 6
Crew
  • 1
Number Built
  • 0
ref
  • Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935–1945: An Illustrated History for the Arado E.381/I
abstract
  • There were three proposed variants; each had fuel capacity for only two target runs, after which the pilot would have been required to glide without power to a landing on under-belly skids. To survive close pursuits, the E.381 was designed with the narrowest frontal cross section possible to increase its chances of surviving shots from the front. This also forced the pilot to lie in a prone position. The cross-section was , or approximately a quarter of the cross section of the Messerschmitt Bf 109.