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)

File:Friedrichshafen FF49C.jpg

An FF.49 starting for a reconnaissance flight.

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