Friedrichshafen FF.49
FF.49 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance |
Manufacturer | Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH |
First flight | 1917 |
Introduction | September 1917 |
Primary users | Kaiserliche Marine Finnish Air Force Polish Air Force Danish Navy |
Number built | 240 |
Developed from | Friedrichshafen FF.33 |
Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine float-plane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.
Variants
- FF.39
- Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane, powered by a 150 kW (200 hp) Benz Bz.IV water-cooled 6-cylinder piston engine. 14 built.
- FF.49B
- Two-seat bomber float-plane. 25 built.
- FF.49C
- Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane.
Operators
- Denmark
- Royal Danish Navy
Danish Air Lines (postwar), (one FF.49C) - Finland
- Finnish Air Force (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918-1923)
- German Empire
- Kaiserliche Marine
- Netherlands
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- Norway
- (four FF.49C, by A/S Aero)
- Poland
- Polish Air Force (postwar)
- Sweden
- Swedish Navy (postwar), (two FF.49C, in use 1919–1924)
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: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cylinder, water-cooled inline engine, 152-164 kW (200-220 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h (76 kn, 86 mph)
- Cruise speed: 115 km/h (62 kn, 70 mph)
- Endurance: 5 h 40 min
Armament
- 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) machine gun
- 4 × 12.7 kg (28 lb) bombs
See also
- Related lists
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
- List of seaplanes and flying boats
References
Further reading
- Timo Heinonen (1992). Thulinista Hornetiin - 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita (in Finnish). Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 951-95688-2-4.
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