Friedrichshafen FF.44
{{Infobox aircraft
| name=FF.44
| image=FF 44 43642166.jpg
| caption=
| type = Two-seat coastal patrol floatplane
| manufacturer = Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
| designer =
| first_flight = 1917
| introduction =
| retired =
| status =
| primary_user = Imperial German Navy
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| produced =
| number_built = 1
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| developed_from= Friedrichshafen FF.34
| variants=
}}
The FF.44 was an extensively modified FF.34 with conventional fuselage and tail unit and tractor engine.
Specifications (FF.44)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbHBorzutzki, p. 138
|prime units?=met
|crew=2
|capacity=
|length m=10.85
|span m=
|upper span m=18.4
|mid span m=
|lower span m=16.8
|width m=
|height m=4.25
|wing area sqm=68.5
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|empty weight kg=1552
|gross weight kg=2305
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Maybach Mb.IV
|eng1 type=6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=240
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch tractor propeller
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|max speed kmh=145
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|range km=600
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|time to altitude=
::{{cvt|500|m}} in 6 minutes 48 seconds
::{{cvt|1000|m}} in 8 minutes 54 seconds
::{{cvt|2000|m}} in 22 minutes 6 seconds
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|guns= 1 × {{cvt|7.92|mm|3}} Parabellum MG14 machine gun for observer
}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|author1-last=Gray|author1-first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|orig-year=1970|year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London|isbn=0-85177-809-7|edition=2nd|author2-first=Owen|author2-last=Thetford|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2016 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-1-935881-35-3|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=21}}
- {{cite book |last1= Nowarra |first1=Heinz J.|last2=Robertson|first2=Bruce|last3=Cooksley|first3=Peter G. |title=Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War |publisher=Harleyford Publications |location=Letchworth, UK|name-list-style=amp |year=1966|oclc=123198808}}
{{Friedrichshafen aircraft}}
Category:1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1916