Arado Ar 231 B1 with a FuG224 "Berlin"

[Mauel]

Hello.
I have seen an illustration of an AR 231 B1 with a FuG224 "Berlin" radar.
Where can I find information about it?
Regards

 

[newsdeskdan]

I don't think the Ar 231 foldable submarine-stored scout plane ever reached an 'A' series, let alone a 'B' series fitted with radar. Just a handful of prototypes made.

 

[Antonio]

Hello.
I have seen an illustration of an AR 231 B1 with a FuG224 "Berlin" radar.
Where can I find information about it?
Regards

May be did you trying to write Ar 234 instead of Ar 231?

 

[Justo Miranda]

On November 16, 1944 the OKL issued a specification calling for a Geführte Zhame Sau control aircraft able to vectoring a large number of night fighters against a ‘Bomber Stream’.

On December 16, 1944 the Arado Company proposed an Ar 234 C-5 jet bomber modified as airborne G.C.I. station with 360-degrees radar coverage and two crew members.

The new radar FuG 240/4 Berlin N4 with 400 rpm rotatory antenna offered a global panorama over a circular area with 18 km of diameter.

The rotating antenna was housed in the Obertasse, a saucer-shaped aerodynamic fairing with 1.5 m of diameter mounted above the fuselage.

In February 1945, a 1:10 scale wind tunnel model was tested at DVL-Berlin and AVA Göttingen facilities.

The FuG 350 Naxos ZR passive receiver would allow the flying G.C.I. to track the ‘Stream’ within 100 km range.

Arado Ar 234 C-5 Obertasse technical data

Wingspan: 14.41 m, length: 12.9 m, height: 4.15 m, wing area: 27 sq. m, max weight: 11,150 m, max speed: 800 km/h, range: 1,090 km, power plant: four BMW 003A turbojets each rated at 800 kg static thrust, armament: none, electronics: FuG 240/4, FuG 10P, FuG 15v+EiV7, FuG 16 Zy, FuG 25a, FuG 101a, FuG 120, FuG 125, FuG 136, FuG 222, FuG 350 ZR, Peil G VI, FuBl2.