Friedrichshafen G.I

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name = G.I
type = Bomber
manufacturer = Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH


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designer = Karl Gehlen
first flight = 1915
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primary user = "Luftstreitkräfte"
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number built =1
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variants with their own articles =The Friedrichshafen G.I (factory designation FF.36 or FF.30) was a prototype medium bomber aircraft that was built in Germany by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1915. It was Karl Gehlen's first design for the company, and although it was not produced in quantity, it provided the foundation for the later, highly successful bombers culminating in the G.III.

The Friedrichshafen G.I first flew in 1915 and was originally conceived as a battle-plane but the design emphasis was shifted to the bomber role when the battle-plane concept proved unworkable. The G.I was a biplane with a crew of three and armament of a single machine gun mounted on a gun ring in the nose of the aircraft. The front part of the fuselage was covered with plywood while the rear half of the fuselage was fabric covered as were the wings and the tail surfaces. The biplane wings were braced by three pairs of interplane struts on each side of the fuselage while the tail unit was a box-shaped biplane unit with two rudders mounted between the tips of the horizontal stabilizers. The fuselage was attached to the lower wing and the two engine nacelles were suspended between the wings by a system of struts. Each nacelle housed a six-cylinder 150 hp Benz Bz.III engine in a pusher configuration.

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pecifications

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crew=Three
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length m=11.90
length ft=39
length in=1
span m=21.20
span ft=69
span in=7
height m=3.15
height ft=10
height in=4
wing area sqm=73.5
wing area sqft=791
empty weight kg=1,778
empty weight lb=3,919
gross weight kg=2,785
gross weight lb=6,140

eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Benz Bz.III
eng1 kw=112
eng1 hp=150

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max speed kmh=136
max speed mph=84
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range km=610
range miles=380
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armament1=2 × 7.9 mm Parabellum MG14 machine guns
armament2=200 kg (440 lb) of bombs
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ee also

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* Gotha G.I, G.II, G.III, G.IV, G.V
* AEG G.I, AEG G.II, AEG G.III, AEG G.IV, AEG G.V
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see also=Idflieg aircraft designation system

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