Friedrichshafen FF.49
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| Type | Reconnaissance |
| Manufacturer | Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH |
| Maiden flight | 1917 |
| Introduced | September 1917 |
| Primary users | Kaiserliche Marine Finnish Air Force Polish Air Force Danish Air Force |
| Number built | 240 |
| Developed from | Friedrichshafen FF.33 |
Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine floatplane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.
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[edit] Versions
- FF.49 - Two-seat reconnaissance floatplane, powered by a 149-kW (200-hp) Benz Bz.IV piston engine. 14 built.
- FF.49B - Two-seat bomber floatplane. 25 built.
- FF.49C - Two-seat reconnaissance floatplane.
[edit] Operators
Denmark
Finland: (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918-1923)
German Empire
Poland (postwar)
[edit] Specifications (FF.49)
Data from Thulinista Hornetiin
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 11.60 m (38 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 17.15 m (56 ft 3 in)
- Height: 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 71.16 m² (765.7 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,485 kg (2,970 lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,135 kg (4,697 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Benz Bz.IV 6-cylinder, water-cooled inline engine, 152-164 kW (200-220 hp) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h (76 knots, 86 mph)
- Cruise speed: 115 km/h (62 knots, 70 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: 5 h 40 min
Armament
- 1 × machine gun
- 4 × 12.7 kg (28 lb) bombs
[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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