Friedrichshafen FF.49

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FF.49
FF49.jpg
RoleReconnaissance
Manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
First flight1917
IntroductionSeptember 1917
Primary users Kaiserliche Marine
Finnish Air Force
Polish Air Force
Danish Navy
Number built240
Developed from Friedrichshafen FF.33

Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine float-plane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.

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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.
LFG V 1
Redesigned civil derivative of FF.49c by Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) with wider fuselage, modified wing profile and seats for three passengers in raised cabin. Two converted 1919. [1]
LFG V 2
Redesigned civil derivative of FF.49c by LFG with wider fuselage, modified wing profile and seats for five passengers in two cabins. Two converted 1919. [1]
Orlogsværftet HB.II
Seven FF.49s re-conditioned at the Orlogsværftet / Flyvetroppernes Værksteder in Denmark.

Operators

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Royal Danish Navy
Danish Air Lines started operations with a FF.49 equipped to carry two passengers on the CopenhagenWarnemünde on 7 August 1920. [2]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Finnish Air Force (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918–1923)
Flag of the German Empire.svg  German Empire
Kaiserliche Marine
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Deutsche Luft-Reederei [3]
Luftdeinst [4]
Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft operated LFG V1 and V2s on passenger services between Stralsund and Rügen and joyriding at Baltic beach resorts 1919–1920. [1]
Lloyd Luftverkehr Sablatnig [4]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
(four FF.49C, by A/S Aero)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Polish Air Force (postwar)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Swedish Navy (postwar), (two FF.49C, in use 1919–1924)

Specifications (FF.49c)

An FF.49 taking-off for a reconnaissance flight. Friedrichshafen FF49C.jpg
An FF.49 taking-off for a reconnaissance flight.

Data from Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH, [5] Thulinista Hornetiin – 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita [6]

General characteristics

Performance

800 m (2,600 ft) in 6 minutes 12 seconds
1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 8 minutes
1,500 m (4,900 ft) in 13 minutes 12 seconds

Armament

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Stroud Aeroplane Monthly April 1990, pp. 241–242
  2. Stroud 1966, p. 279
  3. Stroud 1966, p. 280
  4. 1 2 Stroud 1966, pp. 279–280
  5. Kober, Theodor von; Borzutzki, Siegfried. Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH (in German) (1. Aufl ed.). Burbach. pp. 146–148. ISBN   978-3927513600.
  6. 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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