Arado Ar E.555

[Dan Sharp]

The dead give away is always someone putting a manufacturers RLM code onto an internal company project code - Ar 555 instead of E 555. Had the RLM chosen one of the E 555 designs for production its not likely to have ever received the same number.
These lazy attempts to make something look like a legitimate "almost-were" always signpost a true "never-were".

Indeed. It's rather like those spam emails claiming to be from your bank, asking you to click a link, which let themselves down by making simple spelling errors in common words. You could almost believe - given the graphics and layout - that they are real, but the basic details are wrong.

That said, I would be overjoyed to see evidence of any kind from Herr Bohr indicating that the design shown is based on genuine WW2 documents.

 

[blackkite]

Hi! E.555-1.
https://www.historicalab.it/e555.htmhttps://sleekndone.artstation.com/projects/3dwGGo

 

[blackkite]

https://www.miliamperios.com/blog/p...ros-estrategicos-i-por-xavier-esteban-trulla/
https://blog.havacilikpsikolojisi.net/arado-e555/
Ar E.555-1
Wingspan: 21.2 meters, Height: 5 meters, Wing area: 125 m2, Top speed: 860 km/h, Service ceiling: 15,000 meters
Range: 4,800 (with supplementary fuel tanks), Take-off weight: 24,000 kg, Warload: 4,000 kg, Crew: 3 men



Ar E.555-3
Wingspan: 21.2 meters, Length: 18.4 meters, Wing area: 125 m2, Top speed: 915 km/h, Range: 4,000 km
Take-off weight: 25,200 kg, Crew: 2 men, Warload: 4,000 kg, Fuel: 10,000 kg



Ar E.555-6
Wingspan: 28.4 meters, Length: 12.35 meters, Height: 3.74 meters, Wing area: 160 m2, Top speed: 920 km/h
Range: 7,500 km (with additional fuel tanks), Crew: 3 men, Warload: 4,000 kg, Fuel: 18,750 kg



Ar E.555-7
Wingspan: 25.2 meters, Length: 8.8 meters, Height: 3.65 meters, Wing area: 160 m2, Top speed: 950 km/h
Range: 5,000 km, Take-off weight: 41,300 kg, Crew: 3 men, Warload: 4,000 kg, Fuel: 15,700 kg



Ar E.555-10
Wingspan: 23.66 meters, Length: 19.2 meters, Wing area: 140 m2, Top speed: 920 km/h, Range: 6,400 km
Take-off weight: 47,845 kg, Crew: 3 men, Warload: 4,000 kg



Ar E.555-11
Wingspan: 23.66 meters, Length: 25.1 meters, Height: 4.1 meters, Wing area: 140 m2, Top speed: 1020 km/h
Range: 8,000 km, Take-off weight: 47,000 kg, Crew: 2 men, Military load: 6,000 kg

 

[blackkite]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/d12boi/the_arado_e555_concept_configurations_10_11_for

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/d12boi/the_arado_e555_concept_configurations_10_11_for/

 

[blackkite]

Hi! E 555-10.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1179910174159298&set=a.436386551845001https://roen911.artstation.com/projects/nQqPn9

 

[blackkite]

E 555 -3, -6 and -7
https://war-book.ru/arado-ar-e-555-bombardirovshhik/

 

[blackkite]

http://www.flying-things.ch/arado.htm

 

[blackkite]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAnsXptCc74