Friedrichshafen FF.41

Infobox Aircraft
name=FF.41


caption=
type=Reconnaissance
manufacturer= Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
designer=
first flight=1917
introduced=1917
retired=
status=
primary user=Kaiserliche Marine
more users=Finnish Air Force
Estonian Air Force
produced=
number built=9
unit cost=
developed from=
variants with their own articles=The Friedrichshafen FF.41 was a large German, three-seat, twin-engine amphibious reconnaissance aircraft designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.

The aircraft was mainly used as a reconnaissance aircraft, but also as a bomber and as a mine-laying aircraft. A torpedo-carrying version, the FF.41AT, was also developed. It had a modified fuselage and a single vertical fin (in comparison to the basic model's three). Only five FF.41AT aircraft were manufactured.

Operators

*EST
*FIN
*flag|German Empire

Use in Finland

The Finnish Air Force purchased one FF.41AT aircraft from the Germans in Estonia on November 26, 1918, at the end of World War I. It was flown to Sortavala where it was repaired. In 1922, the torpedo-carrying fuselage was changed and the capability to carry torpedoes was removed. This aircraft was in use between 1918-23.

pecifications (FF.41)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Thulinista Hornetiin

crew=3
capacity=
length main=13.70 m
length alt=44 ft 11 in
span main=21.96 m
span alt=72 ft 0 in
height main=4.65 m
height alt=15 ft 3 in
area main=112.5 m²
area alt=1,210.5 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main= kg
loaded weight alt= lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=3,670 kg
max takeoff weight alt=7,340 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Benz Bz.III
type of prop=6-cylinder, water-cooled inline
number of props=2
power main=112 kW
power alt=150 hp
power original=

max speed main=120 km/h
max speed alt= 65 knots, 74 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
more performance=
* Endurance: 6 hours
armament=
* 1 × machine gun
* Bombs
* 1 × 700 kg (1,540 lb) torpedo
avionics=

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ee also

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* List of military aircraft of Germany
* List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
* List of seaplanes and flying boats

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