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Friedrichshafen FF.49

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FF.49
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.

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.

Operators

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:Benz Bz.IV 6-cylinder, water-cooled inline engine, 152-164 kW (200-220 hp) each

Performance

Armament

  • 1 × machine gun
  • 4 × 12.7 kg (28 lb) bombs

  • Sources

    • Timo Heinonen (1992). Thulinista Hornetiin - 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita. Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 9519568824. 

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