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The Arado SD III was a
fighter biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
developed in
Germany
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in the 1920s. It was developed in parallel with the
SD II and shared most of that aircraft's
airframe
The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe. This structure is typically considered to include the fuselage, undercarriage, empennage and wings, and excludes the propulsion system.
Airframe design is a field of aeros ...
design. The main differences were connected with the powerplant installation, which in turn required a shorter forward
fuselage
The fuselage (; from the French language, French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds Aircrew, crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an Aircraft engine, engine as wel ...
and redesigned
undercarriage
Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include:
*The landing gear of an aircraft.
*The ch ...
. Evaluated at
Staaken
Staaken () is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau.
History
First mentioned in a 1273 deed as ''Stakene'' (from Middle Low German: ''staken'', "stakes") in the Mittelmark region of the Margraviate of Brandenbur ...
,
Rechlin
Rechlin is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, around 100 km (60 mi) northwest of Berlin. The town's airport has a long history and was the Luftwaffe's main testing ground for new aircraft designs in Nazi Germany. ...
and finally at
Lipetsk
Lipetsk (, ), also Romanization of Russian, romanized as Lipeck, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh (river), Voronezh River in the Do ...
, it was judged unsuitable for mass production, but the lessons learned from it proved invaluable to Arado in designing the
Ar 64 and
Ar 65.
Specifications
See also
References
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* ''World Aircraft Information Files.'' Brightstar Publishing, London. File 889 Sheet 74
German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945
{{Arado aircraft
Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
1920s German fighter aircraft
SD III