Aeronca Arrow

The Aeronca Model 9 Arrow was a low-wing all-metal cabin monoplane with retractable landing gear.^[1] It was marketed to returning pilots from World War II^[2] and unveiled in 1947 but never went into production.

The single prototype (registered NX39581) was destroyed in a crash during a test flight due to propeller failure.

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
• Wingspan: 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Wing area: 137 sq ft (12.7 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 6.57
• Empty weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 25 US gal (21 imp gal; 95 l)
• Powerplant: 1 × Franklin 4AC 4-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
  
• Landing speed (flaps): 48 mph (42 kn; 77 km/h)
• Landing speed (no flaps): 54 mph (47 kn; 87 km/h)
• Range: 310 mi (500 km, 270 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
• Wing loading: 2.2 lb/sq ft (10.6 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 15.9 lb/hp (9.65 kg/kW)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Culver Cadet
• Globe GC-1 Swift
• Johnson Rocket 185
• Piper PT-1

References

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 31. 

External links

• Aerofiles: Aeronca 9 Arrow

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