Arado E.555-1

Previous note: As our draughtsman found this airplane irrestible to draw, even being a bomber, we decided to publish it. Does it mean that we're going to post bombers from now on? Not exclusively. Fighters are going to be our main focus, however, from time to time we'll post any type of airplane that we find interesting.

The Arado E.555-1 was first conceived in 1943 to meet the requirement of the RLM for a high speed jet bomber capable of carrying 4000kg of bombs and with a range of 5000km, which is commonly known as the "Amerika-Bomber". Arado studied the project assigning a construction team for the project and, by early 1944 the results were available. They concluded that a flying wing would be the best option in order to achieve high speed and long range.

The study showed up to fifteen designs, labelled E.555-1 up to E.555-15 being the main differences among them the engines and the configuration of those.

The E.555-1 would've been made entirely out of metal being a flying delta wing with a short protruding section of the fusalge to host the cockpit where the crew of three would operate from.
It was planned to have two remote controlled defensive turrets, a dorsal one and a rear one.
The engines would've been six BMW 003A placed in a cluster on the rear upper surface of the wing.

In spite of this very advanced design, the project was suddenly stopped on 28th December 1944 by the EHK (Entwicklungs HauptKommision - Main developtment commission) of the RLM due to the deteriorating war situation as this bomber was going to be very expensive.

Sources:
1. http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2001/09/caisander_ar555.htm
2. http://www.luft46.com/arado/are555s.html
3. http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=46084.0