title: Arrow Model F
text: # Arrow Model F
  
  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.
  
  ## 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 cylinders, 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.
  
  ## Variants
  
  * Arrow Sport F Master – Open cockpit
  * Arrow Sport F Coupe – Closed cockpit variant
  * Arrow Sport F De Lux Coupe – Closed cockpit with advanced instruments.
  * Arrow Sport M - Open cockpit with a Menasco Pirate engine.
  
  ## Survivors
  
  * A preserved Sport F Master (ex-NC18722, serial 85) is on display at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 3.
  * A disassembled Sport F is being rebuilt by the Dakota Territory Air Museum in North Dakota.
  * A Sport M (N18764, serial 105) is private ownership.
  * Two Sport F's (N17093, serial 13 & N18765, serial 106) preserved at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Oregon.
  * A Sport F (N18018, serial 31) in private ownership in California.
  * A 1936 Sport Model F (NC16470 Serial 2) preserved at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum at Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania.
  * A disassembled Sport F (N18000) is being rebuilt by The Nebraska Chapter of the Antique Airplane Association in Hastings Nebraska
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from American Airplanes and Engines for 1938
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Capacity: 1 passenger
  * Length: 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
  * Wingspan: 36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
  * Height: 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
  * Wing area: 180.5 sq ft (16.77 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 1,097 lb (498 kg)
  * Gross weight: 1,675 lb (760 kg)
  * Fuel capacity: 20 US gal (17 imp gal; 76 L)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Ford V-8 water-cooled converted automobile engine, 82 hp (61 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn) at sea level
  * Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
  * Stall speed: 40 mph (64 km/h, 35 kn)
  * Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
  * Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
  