Friedrichshafen FF.34

FF.34
Role	Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
Manufacturer	Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
First flight	1916
Primary user	Imperial German Navy
Number built	1

The Friedrichshafen FF.34 was a German biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Development and design

The FF.34 was similar to the earlier FF.31 as it was a pusher configuration twin-boom floatplane. It had a central nacelle with two open cockpits. The engine (a Maybach Mb.IV) with a pusher propeller was mounted at the back of the nacelle. The twin tail booms were fitted to a rear tailplane/elevator assembly. The aircraft was later modified with a conventional fuselage and tail unit and re-designated the FF.44

Variants

FF.34: Prototype twin-boom pusher floatplane.
FF.44: FF.34 converted with a conventional fuselage and tail unit.

Operators

German Empire

Imperial German Navy

Specifications (FF.44)

General characteristics

Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Length: 10.85 m (35 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 18.40 m (60 ft 4 in)
Height: 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 68.5 m² (737 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,552 kg (3,422 lb)
Gross weight: 2,305 kg (5,082 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV, 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph)
Range: 600 km (374 miles)
Rate of climb: 1.2 m/s (236 ft/min)

Armament

1 × 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun for observer

References

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober. Berlin: Königswinter. pp. 118, 138.

Aircraft produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

Manufacturer designations	FF.1 FF.2 FF.4 FF.7 FF.8 FF.9 FF.11 FF.15 FF.17 FF.19 FF.21 FF.27 FF.29 FF.31 FF.33 FF.34 FF.35 FF.36 FF.37 FF.38 FF.39 FF.40 FF.41 FF.43 FF.44 FF.45 FF.46 FF.48 FF.49 FF.53 FF.54 FF.55 FF.59 FF.60 FF.61 FF.62 FF.63 FF.64 FF.66 FF.67 FF.71

Idflieg designations	C.I D.I D.II G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V G.VI N.I

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