Arrow Model F

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Template:Infobox aircraft 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]

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.[2]

Variants

  • Arrow Sport F Master – Open cockpit
  • Arrow Sport F Coupe – Closed cockpit variant [3]
  • Arrow Sport F De Lux Coupe – Closed cockpit with advanced instruments.
  • Arrow Sport M - Open cockpit with a Menasco Pirate engine.[4]

Surviving aircraft

  • A preserved Sport F Master (ex-NC18722, serial 85) is on display at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 3.[5]
  • A disassembled Sport F is being rebuilt by the Dakota Territory Air Museum in North Dakota.[6]
  • A Sport M (N18764, serial 105) is private ownership.[7]
  • 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. [8]
  • 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[9]

General characteristics

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References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arrow Sport F". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sport Aviation. 5 May 1958. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Air Trails: 24. Summer 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Trade-a-Plane: "1938 Arrow Sport M"
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.May, Joseph (2 September 2012). "Arrow Sport Model F in SFO's Terminal 3". Seattle PI. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ogden, Eloise (December 1, 2017). "North Dakota residents rebuild and model biplane for museum". Seattle Times.
  7. ^ Trade-a-Plane: "1938 Arrow Sport M"
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aircraft of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum".
  9. ^ Aviation February 1938, pp. 36–37.

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See also

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