Forget about the Arado Ar234...

[Chief_Mouser]

Can we have this instead? The Arado Ar 232 'Tatzelwurm'. What a beauty. Unfortunately only ten twin-engined and ten four-engined made.

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by 216th_Cat

[Gr3y]

Nice landing gear.

[40plus]

Golden age of aviation design. They through every bizarre concept at the wall and just wait to see what stuck. Then they put guns on it.

[[F.Circus]FrangibleCover]

An aircraft I have always absolutely loved, and actually a very interesting design in its completely daft way. Really it's a shame the Germans came up with it, they'd have been absolutely brilliant in the CBI theatre.

[AndyJWest]

And of course, it's an Arado. I expect the weird undercarriage was only added because it looked to conventional without it. ?

[Beebop]

2 hours ago, 216th_Cat said:

Unfortunately only ten twin-engined and ten four-engined made.

Therein lies the rub.  Hardly anybody but us WWII geeks ever heard of it, one version could have four engines (the B-17 would be developed first), and too few made to make it profitable to develop.

I do wish however that the Arado Ar 196 would be made.  God knows we, (well I at least), need a float plane to fly. ?

[oc2209]

Interesting design, but that tail looks like it wants to snap off at the enemy's earliest convenience.

 

I guess you could say it's such a narrow target it's unlikely to be hit... except by flak, which isn't bound by the same logic as air-to-air shooting probabilities.

[Enceladus828]

It's too late to replace the Arado 234 with the Arado 232 as the 3D model for the former has already been made: Dev blog #286 / IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles (il2sturmovik.com)

 

Though the Arado 232 looks like a cool plane, more people would be interested in flying the Arado 234.

[Rjel]

Is that the plane in this guncam clip from Fight For The Sky? I've always wondered what it was.

 

[76IAP-Black]

6 hours ago, Rjel said:

Is that the plane in this guncam clip from Fight For The Sky? I've always wondered what it was.

 

Looks more like a Do-17/217 thing, cause of the "gondola like shape" under the chin of the plane

Edited September 23, 2021 by 76IAP-Black

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[Rjel]

44 minutes ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Looks more like a Do-17/217 thing, cause of the "gondola like shape" under the chin of the plane

Could be, it just looks to me like the fuselage bottom extends all the way to the rear when it tips down but it's hard to tell. It does make it clear how hard it must've been to identify E/A in the heat of battle. 

[Missionbug]

The old game for you me thinks 216th_Cat.

 

 

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Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[III/JG53Frankyboy]

a Transporter instead of a Bomber..... not realy interested.

[6./ZG26_5tuka]

While technically interesting, this will likely remain in the shadows of forgotten rarities for good.

 

If we ever get to the point where adding several transport aircraft per nation makes sense it might be an attractive candidate.

 

Also the name I know it under of is ,,Tausendfüßler" (milipede).

[Lusekofte]

It was actually a good transporter. 4 engines made it less underpowered. The undercarriage could be lowered so loading would be easier. I love to have this. 

If Germany had been a super power. Their designs would have been gold. But when they really needed supply there where no way to get it safely delivered