The WM-23 Silver Arrow is a Hungarian-designed, closed cabin, single-seat fighter aircraft manufactured by Weiss Manfred Aircraft Factory.
The aircraft was designed by Béla Samu and his design team.
Planning began in the summer of 1939.
The WM-K-14B, Two-Wreath Star engine, (A copy of the French Gnome-Rhône 14Kfrs Mistral Major), was intended to be its production engine at the Weiss Manfred factory.
A single prototype was built, this aircraft was destroyed in a test flight accident in 1942.
Specifications
Crew
One
Length
9.12 m
Span
9.6 m
Wing surface
18.5 m²
Height
3.3 m
Weight
2200/2600 kg
(Empty state/maximum take-off mass)
Engine
One WM-K-14B 14-cylinder air-cooled two-wreath star engine.
Maximum speed
Armament
2 x synchronized 12.7mm heavy machine guns in the fuselage,
