AGO Ao-225

The AGO Ao 225, company designation FP 30, was a twin-stayed heavy fighter-bomber designed by the German aviation company AGO Flugzeugwerke GmbH and remained in its early stages of development.

Derived from the previous AGO Ao 192 transport aircraft, the Ao 225, characterized by the unusual placement of the engine inside the fuselage and connected to the propellers located on the Alar attachment edge by transmission shafts, failed to impose itself on competition due to the greater complexity of the system.

Subject to the evaluation of the Technische Amt of the RLM, together with the competitors Arado E 561, Focke-Wulf Fw 57 and Me 210, the project was rejected because it was considered unstable and out dated, as a result the AGO stopped all development.

The number 225 was then reassigned by the RLM to the Focke Achgelis Fa 225 autogyro.

Specifications

Crew

2

Capacity

6 passengers

Length

10.98 m (36 ft 0 in)

Wingspan

13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)

Height

3.64 m (11 ft 11 in)

Wing area

25.04 m (269.5 sq ft)

Empty weight

1,640 kg (3,616 lb)

Gross weight

2,860 kg (6,305 lb)

Max take off weight

2,950 kg (6,504 lb)

Fuel capacity

Main tank:410 l (110 US gal; 90 imp gal);

Oil tank:38 l (10 US gal; 8.4 imp gal)

Powerplant

2 × Daimler DB-601s

Propellers

2-bladed variable-pitch wooden propellers,

2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) diameter

Performance

Maximum speed

335 km/h (208 mph, 181 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Cruise speed

238 km/h (148 mph, 129 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Landing Speed

90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)

Range

1,360 km (850 mi, 730 nmi)

Endurance

3.86 hours

Service ceiling

5,200 m (17,100 ft) on 2 engines

1,500 m (4,900 ft) on 1 engine

Time to altitude

1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 3.2 minutes;

2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 7.2 minutes;

4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 20 minutes

Wing loading

114.05 kg/m (23.36 lb/sq ft)

Power/mass

5.3 kg/hp

Landing run

275 m (902 ft)

Take-off run

235 m (771 ft)

Armament

Machine guns

4 x MG 131 calibre 13 mm

1 x MG 151 in a dorsal turret

Or

4 MG FF calibre 20 mm.