Friedrichshafen FF.49

Infobox Aircraft
name=FF.49


caption=
type=Reconnaissance
manufacturer= Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
designer=
first flight=1917
introduced=September 1917
retired=
status=
primary user=Kaiserliche Marine
more users=Finnish Air Force
Polish Air Force
Danish Air Force
produced=
number built=240
unit cost=
developed from=Friedrichshafen FF.33
variants with their own articles=

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

*DNK
*FIN: (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918-1923)
*flag|German Empire
*NOR: (four FF.49C, by A/S Aero)
*POL (postwar)

pecifications (FF.49)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Thulinista Hornetiin

crew=2
capacity=
length main=11.60 m
length alt=38 ft 0 in
span main=17.15 m
span alt= 56 ft 3 in
height main=4.50 m
height alt=14 ft 9 in
area main=71.16 m²
area alt=765.7 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main=1,485 kg
empty weight alt= 2,970 lb
loaded weight main= kg
loaded weight alt= lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=2,135 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 4,697 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Benz Bz.IV
type of prop=6-cylinder, water-cooled inline engine
number of props=2
power main=152-164 kW
power alt=200-220 hp
power original=

max speed main=140 km/h
max speed alt= 76 knots, 86 mph
cruise speed main=115 km/h
cruise speed alt= 62 knots, 70 mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
more performance=
* Endurance: 5 h 40 min
armament=
* 1 × machine gun
* 4 × 12.7 kg (28 lb) bombs
avionics=

Sources

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ee also

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lists=
* List of military aircraft of Germany
* List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
* List of seaplanes and flying boats
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