Friedrichshafen FF.44

FF.44

Role  | Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
Manufacturer  | Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
First flight  | 1917
Primary user  | Imperial German Navy
Number built | 1
Developed from | Friedrichshafen FF.34

The FF.44 was an extensively modified FF.34 with conventional fuselage and tail unit and tractor engine.

## Specifications (FF.44)

Data from Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH [1]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 10.85 m (35 ft 7 in)
* Upper wingspan: 18.4 m (60 ft 4 in)
* Lower wingspan: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
* Height: 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in)
* Wing area: 68.5 m2 (737 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 1,552 kg (3,422 lb)
* Gross weight: 2,305 kg (5,082 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch tractor propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
* Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
* Time to altitude:

500 m (1,600 ft) in 6 minutes 48 seconds

1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 8 minutes 54 seconds

2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 22 minutes 6 seconds

Armament

* Guns: 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun for observer

## References

1. ↑ Kober, Theodor von; Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993) (in German). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH (1. Aufl ed.). Burbach. pp. 138-139. ISBN 978-3927513600. https://archive.org/details/flugzeugbaufried00borz.

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