Arrow Model F

Model F
Role Recreational aircraft
Manufacturer Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation
First flight 1934
Number built 103


The Arrow Model F or the Arrow Sport V-8 was a two-seat low-wing braced monoplane aircraft built in the United States between 1934 and 1938. It was built originally to a request by the US Bureau of Air Commerce to investigate the feasibility of using automobile engines to power aircraft. Accordingly, the Model F was fitted with a modified Ford V8 engine. Like the Arrow Sport before it, the Model F seated its pilot and passenger side-by-side in an open cockpit and was marketed for $1500.[1]

A preserved example is on display at San Francisco International Airport.

Development

The Arrow Sport F was specifically built to accommodate the low-cost, yet heavy Arrow F V-8 engine, an aircraft modification of the Ford V-8. The engine was designed by Ford Engineer David E. Anderson with an aluminum oil pan, aluminum cylnders, and a 2:1 gear reduction to drive the prop at reasonable rpm ranges. The engine weighed 402 lbs for 85 hp vrs 182 lbs for an equivalent Continental aircraft engine.[2]

Variants

Specifications

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. "Arrow Sport F". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. Sport Aviation. 5 May 1958. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Air Trails: 24. Summer 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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