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Friedrichshafen FF.34

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FF.34
Type Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
Manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
Maiden flight 1916
Primary user German Navy
Number built 1

The Friedrichshafen FF.34 was a German biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Development and design

The FF.34 was similar to the earlier FF.31 as it was a twin-boom pusher floatplane. It had a central nacelle with two open cockpits. The engine (a Maybach Mb.IV) was mounted at the back of the nacelle, driving a pusher propeller. The twin tail booms were fitted to a rear tailplane/elevator assembly. The aircraft was later modified with a conventional fuselage and tail unit and re-designated the FF.44

Variants

FF.34
Prototype twin-boom pusher floatplane.
FF.44
FF.34 converted with a convential fuselage and tail unit.

Operators

Template:Country data German Empire

Specifications (FF.44)

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References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
  • Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober. Berlin: Königswinter, 118, 138. 

External links

See also

Designation sequence

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