Auster Arrow

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J-2 Arrow
Type	Touring aircraft
Manufacturer	Auster Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight	1945
Introduced	1945
Number built	44
Variants	Auster J-4

The Auster J-2 Arrow was a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

Contents 1 History 2 Specifications (J-2) 3 Reference 4 External links 5 Related content

[edit] History

The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engined. Import restrictions on the sale of American engines resulted in the nearly all of the 44 aircraft built being exported. Most of those exported went to Australia.

[edit] Specifications (J-2)

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 25 ft 3 in ()
• Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in ()
• Height: 6 ft 6 in ()
• Wing area: 185 ft² ()
• Empty weight: 872 lb ()
• Max takeoff weight: 1,450 lb ()
• Powerplant: 1× Continental O-235-C1 piston, 108 hp ()

Performance

• Maximum speed: 98 mph
• Range: 320 miles ()
• Rate of climb: 430 ft/min ()

[edit] Reference

• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9. 

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Designation sequence

J-1 Autocrat • J-1U Workmaster • J-2 Arrow • J-3 Atom • J-4 • J-5 Autocar • J-5 Aiglet Trainer • J-5 Alpine