title: Arado W 2
text: # Arado W 2
  
  The Arado W 2 was a two-seat twin-engine seaplane trainer developed for the DVS in 1928. It was a cantilever monoplane with a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage that accommodated the pilot and instructor in tandem open cockpits. The undercarriage consisted of two pontoons carried on steel struts.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2=
  * Length: 12.55 m (41 ft 2 in)
  * Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
  * Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
  * Wing area: 53.8 $m^2$ (579 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 1,600 kg (3,527 lb)
  * Max takeoff weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
  * Powerplant: 2 × Siemens-Halske Sh.12 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 82 kW (110 hp) each
  * Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propellers
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
  * Minimum control speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
  * Service ceiling: 2,060 m (6,760 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 1 m/s (200 ft/min)
  * Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 35 minutes
  * Wing loading: 37 $kg/m^2$ (7.6 lb/sq ft)
  * Power/mass: 0.0812 kW/kg (0.0494 hp/lb)
  