Arado E.654

Designed by Walter Blume, E.654 used a widened variant on the fuselage of the Arado Ar 240 so that it could mount two DB 614 or DB 627 engines inside the fuselage, similar to the Arado E.561.^[1] It had a single vertical tailfin with a tailplane.^[2] Like the E.561, it was abandoned due to technical issues with the transmission to the wings.^{[citation needed]} It used straight wings with tapering on leading and trailing edges.^[2] It used three wheels with a tricycle arrangement, all of which could retract into their specific parts of the aircraft.^[3] The cockpit was located between the nose, and had two crew members sitting back-to-back.^[1]

Data from https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=671

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 12.81 m (42 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 14.34 m (47 ft 1 in)
• Height: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 31.3 m² (337 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 614 liquid-cooled V-12 piston engines, 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) each or 2x 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) Daimler-Benz DB 627

Armament

• Guns: Six fixed MK 103 cannons in the nose and four turreted MG 131 cannons above the fuselage