Arado L II
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|caption=Arado L IIa at Tempelhof. July 1930
|type=Touring aircraft
|manufacturer=Arado
|designer=Walter Rethel
|first_flight=1929
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The Arado L II was a 1920s German two-seat, high-wing touring monoplane.
In 1930, a revised version with folding wings and improved undercarriage, the L IIa first flew, and four examples took part in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, starting from Berlin-Tempelhof airport, but none placed, and one crashed early in the race. Two examples competed in the {{ill|Deutschlandflug|de|vertical-align=sup}} in 1931.{{cite web |title=Arado L II |url=https://www.histaviation.com/ar_l_2.html |website=www.histaviation.com |accessdate=20 January 2019}}{{cite journal |title=Start from berlin |journal=Flight |date=25 July 1930 |pages=842–843 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1930/UNTITLED0%20-%200890.PDF |accessdate=20 January 2019}}
Specifications (L IIa)
Data from German Aviation 1919 – 1945
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|crew=one pilot
|capacity=one passenger
|length m=6.72
|length ft=22
|length in=0
|span m=11.00
|span ft=36
|span in=1
|height m=2.30
|height ft=7
|height in=7
|wing area sqm=17.0
|wing area sqft=183
|empty weight kg=415
|empty weight lb=915
|gross weight kg=700
|gross weight lb=1,540
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Argus As 8R
|eng1 kw=60
|eng1 hp=80
|max speed kmh=160
|max speed mph=100
|range km=700
|range miles=440
|ceiling m=2,000
|ceiling ft=6,560
|climb rate ms=2.1
|climb rate ftmin=420
}}
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Notes
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Further reading
{{commons category|Arado L II}}
- {{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1931 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=152c}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |page=73 }}
- World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing, London. File 889 Sheet 73
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