Friedrichshafen FF.49

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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.

Orlogsværftet HB.II
Seven FF.49s re-conditioned at the Orlogsværftet / Flyvetroppernes Værksteder in
Denmark.

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

Specifications (FF.49c)

General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 11.65 m (38 ft 3 in)
Upper wingspan: 17.15 m (56 ft 3 in)
Lower wingspan: 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 71.16 m2 (766.0 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,515 kg (3,340 lb)
Gross weight: 2,147 kg (4,733 lb)
Fuel capacity: 294 kg (648 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 150 kW
(200 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance
Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
Cruise speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
Endurance: 5 hours 40 minutes
Time to altitude:

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

Guns: 1 × fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun ; 1x
flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14
Bombs: 4 × 12.7 kg (28 lb) bombs



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