Arrow Model F

__NOTOC__  {{Infobox aircraft |name=Model F |image=Arrow Model F.jpg |caption= |type=Recreational aircraft |manufacturer=Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation |designer= |first_flight=1934 |introduction= |retired= |status= |primary_user= |more_users= |produced= |number_built=103 |variants= }} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrow Sport F|url=http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/international-aircraft-directory/single-engine-aircraft/arrow-sport-f.html|accessdate=5 May 2011}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=5 May 1958}}</ref>

==Variants== *Arrow Sport F Master – Open cockpit *Arrow Sport F Coupe – Closed cockpit variant <ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Summer 1971|page=24}}</ref> *Arrow Sport F De Lux Coupe – Closed cockpit with advanced instruments. *Arrow Sport M - Open cockpit with a Menasco Pirate engine.<ref>[https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?make=ARROW&model_group=NO+MODEL+GROUP&model=SPORT&listing_id=2281088&s-type=aircraft Trade-a-Plane: "1938 Arrow Sport M"]</ref>

==Surviving aircraft== * A preserved Sport F Master (ex-NC18722, serial 85) is on display at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 3.<ref>{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Joseph |title=Arrow Sport Model F in SFO's Terminal 3 |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/2012/09/02/arrow-sport-model-f-in-sfo%E2%80%99s-terminal-3 |accessdate=18 April 2020 |work=Seattle PI |date=2 September 2012}}</ref> * A disassembled Sport F is being rebuilt by the Dakota Territory Air Museum in North Dakota.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/north-dakota-residents-rebuild-and-model-biplane-for-museum/|title=North Dakota residents rebuild and model biplane for museum|date=December 1, 2017|newspaper=Seattle Times|first=Eloise|last=Ogden}}</ref> * A Sport M (N18764, serial 105) is private ownership.<ref>[https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?make=ARROW&model_group=NO+MODEL+GROUP&model=SPORT&listing_id=2281088&s-type=aircraft Trade-a-Plane: "1938 Arrow Sport M"]</ref> * 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. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maam.org/aircraft/aircraft.htm|title = Aircraft of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum}}</ref> * A disassembled Sport F (N18000) is being rebuilt by The Nebraska Chapter of the Antique Airplane Association in Hastings Nebraska

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=American Airplanes and Engines for 1938<ref>''Aviation'' February 1938, pp. 36–37.</ref> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=1 |capacity=1 passenger |length m= |length ft=21 |length in=4 |span m= |span ft=36 |span in=7 |height m= |height ft=8 |height in=10 |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=180.5 |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=1097 |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=1675 |fuel capacity={{convert|20|USgal|impgal L|abbr=on}}  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name= Ford V-8 |eng1 type=water-cooled converted automobile engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=82

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==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite magazine|title=American Airplanes and Engines for 1938|magazine=Aviation |date=February 1938 |volume=37| issue=2|pages=35–66 |url=http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19380201/#!&pid=34 |url-access=registration }} * {{cite book |last=Juptner |first=Joseph J. |title=U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 7 (ATC 601 – ATC 700) |year=1978 |location=Fallbrook, California, US |publisher=Aero Publishers, Inc. |isbn=0-8168-9174-5}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=81 }}

==External links== {{commons category|Arrow Model F}} * [http://www.aerofiles.com/_al.html aerofiles.com]

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Category:1930s United States sport aircraft Category:Low-wing aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Model F Category:Aircraft first flown in 1934