FF.44
General information
Type	Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
Manufacturer	Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
Primary user	Imperial German Navy
Number built	1
History
First flight	1917
Developed from	Friedrichshafen FF.34

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

Contents

• Specifications (FF.44)
• References
• Bibliography

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

Bibliography

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• Herris, Jack (2016). Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 21. Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books. ISBN   978-1-935881-35-3.
• Nowarra, Heinz J.; Robertson, Bruce & Cooksley, Peter G. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford Publications. OCLC   123198808.