Engineering:Friedrichshafen FF.64

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FF.64
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Front oblique view of the FF.64
Role Two-seat shipborne patrol floatplane
Manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
First flight 5 May 1918
Number built at least 1

The Friedrichshafen FF.64 was a German two-seat biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Development and design

The FF.64 was a two-seat biplane powered by a Mercedes D.III inline piston engine. The aircraft had folding wings as they were intended for operation from Navy ships on patrol/reconnaissance duties. Only three aircraft were built.

Specifications (FF.64)

Data from Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IIIR 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance Armament

  • Guns: 1× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a flexible mount

See also

Related lists

References

  1. Borzutzki, p. 158

Bibliography

  • Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993) (in de). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober. Berlin: Burbach. ISBN 3-927513-60-1. 
  • Herris, Jack (2016). Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 21. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-35-3. 

Further reading

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.