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| The Ara was designed in 1918 to use the extremely promising
ABC Dragonfly nine-cylinder air-cooled radial of
320hp and three prototypes were ordered. However,
delays in delivery of the Dragonfly engine led, in
October 1918, to the decision to abandon all plans to
produce a Dragonfly-powered fighter in quantity, and
those companies with such warplanes under development
were each allocated one Dragonfly engine in
December 1918 in order to enable them to complete and
test one prototype of each of their designs. In the event,
the ABC engine proved extremely unreliable when the
Ara commenced trials early in 1919. Nevertheless, a
second prototype was completed and flown before, late
in 1919, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd closed
its aircraft department. The planned armament of the
Ara comprised two 7.7mm Vickers guns.
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| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 875 kg | 1929 lb |
| Empty weight | 599 kg | 1321 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.35 m | 27 ft 5 in |
| Length | 6.17 m | 20 ft 3 in |
| Height | 2.39 m | 8 ft 10 in |
| Wing area | 23.87 m2 | 256.93 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 241 km/h | 150 mph |
| happy, 20.06.2011 14:15 Co Ltd closed its aircraft department. The planned armament of the Ara comprised two 7.7mm Vickers guns. reply |
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