Friedrichshafen FF.19

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FF.19
Role Reconnaissance floatplane
Manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
First flight April 1914
Primary user German Imperial Navy
Number built 16

The Friedrichshafen FF.19 was a German lightweight two-seat floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Operators[]

 German Empire
  • German Imperial Navy

Specifications[]

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Length: 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 48 m2 (520 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 860 kg (1,896 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,160 kg (2,557 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 78 kW (105 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 95 km/h (59 mph, 51 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)

References[]

  1. ^ "Friedrichshafen FF.19". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 March 2019.

Bibliography[]

  • Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War". Air Enthusiast (80): 54–59. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Kober, Theodor von; Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH : Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober (in German) (1. Aufl ed.). Burbach. p. 97. ISBN 978-3927513600.


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