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The Arado Ar 234 was designed at Theodore Rowehl's behest by an Arado team in 1941 to be a recce high-wing monoplane replacement for the Ju 86 R using two Daimler Benz ZTI 5000 or Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines. This photo shows Ar 234 V1 W.Nr. 130001 "TG+KB" with two Jumo 004 A-0 engines in July 1943. Note the radical concept for take-off and landing using a trolley and skid. The first flight took place on 30 July 1943 at Münster-Rhein, the pilot being Arado's
flugkapitän Heinz Selle.
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69. Upon lift-off. from the level, concrete runway, the trolley was jettisoned from the undercarriage, deploying a drogue chute to bring it to a quick halt. However, the long take-off roll on the awkward trolley caused Arado to find a
starthilfe (booster) to get its A-series "Antons" into the air more quickly.
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70. Upon landing, the skid was extended as were the outriders under the engine nacelles in order to land on the grass beside the concrete runway.
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71. This poor screenshot show how the V1 was lifted by three tubular jacks in order to place the trolley under the skid again.
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72. This photo shows a frontal view of V1 revealing the inadequacy of the bare-bones structure of the trolley's attachments with no stabilization under the outriders at all.
The Ar 234 V1 was seriously damaged on landing on 29 August 1943 and was then broken up for parts.