Friedrichshafen FF.34

FF.34
FF.34
General information
Type	Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
Manufacturer	Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
Primary user	Imperial German Navy
Number built	1
History
First flight	1916
Variants	Friedrichshafen FF.44

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.34)

Data from Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 10.85 m (35 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 18.4 m (60 ft 4 in)
Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed pusher propeller

Performance Armament

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

References

^ Kober, Theodor von; Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH (in German) (1. Aufl ed.). Burbach. p. 118. ISBN 978-3927513600.

Bibliography

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.