Friedrichshafen FF.41
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| FF.41 | |
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| Type | Reconnaissance |
| Manufacturer | Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH |
| Maiden flight | 1917 |
| Introduced | 1917 |
| Primary users | Kaiserliche Marine Finnish Air Force Estonian Air Force |
| Number built | 9 |
The Friedrichshafen FF.41 was a large German, three-seat, twin-engine amphibious reconnaissance aircraft designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.
The aircraft was mainly used as a reconnaissance aircraft, but also as a bomber and as a mine-laying aircraft. A torpedo-carrying version, the FF.41AT, was also developed. It had a modified fuselage and a single vertical fin (in comparison to the basic model's three). Only five FF.41AT aircraft were manufactured.
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[edit] Operators
[edit] Use in Finland
The Finnish Air Force purchased one FF.41AT aircraft from the Germans in Estonia on November 26, 1918, at the end of World War I. It was flown to Sortavala where it was repaired. In 1922, the torpedo-carrying fuselage was changed and the capability to carry torpedoes was removed. This aircraft was in use between 1918-23.
[edit] Specifications (FF.41)
Data from Thulinista Hornetiin
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 13.70 m (44 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 21.96 m (72 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 112.5 m² (1,210.5 ft²)
- Empty weight: kg (lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 3,670 kg (7,340 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Benz Bz.III 6-cylinder, water-cooled inline, 112 kW (150 hp) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 120 km/h (65 knots, 74 mph)
- Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: km (nm, mi)
- Service ceiling m (ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
- Endurance: 6 hours
Armament
- 1 × machine gun
- Bombs
- 1 × 700 kg (1,540 lb) torpedo
[edit] Sources
- Timo Heinonen (1992). Thulinista Hornetiin - 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita. Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 9519568824.
[edit] See also
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Related lists
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
- List of seaplanes and flying boats
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