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Friedrichshafen FF.29

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Wingspan
  
16 m

Length
  
10 m

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Manufacturer
  
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

The Friedrichshafen FF.29 was a German lightweight two-seat floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

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Development and design

The FF.29 was designed as a lightweight floatplane, a biplane powered by a Mercedes D.II inline piston engine.

Operational history

The FF.29 entered service with the German Imperial Navy in November 1914, it was used for coastal patrol and reconnaissance and had the ability to carry a small load of bombs. On 24 December 1914 an FF.29 was the first aircraft to drop a bomb on British soil, a single bomb landed in the garden of a house in Leyburn Road, Dover. There were no injuries and little damage beyond a crater in the lawn and smashed windows. On 15 January 1915 a FF.29 was the first plane to be launched from a submarine, the SM U-12.

Variants

FF.29
Production aircraft.
FF.29A
A similar aircraft with improved floats and tail surfaces.

Operators

 Denmark
  • Royal Danish Navy
    •  German Empire
  • German Imperial Navy
    •  Netherlands
  • Royal Netherlands Navy

    • Specifications (FF.29)

    General characteristics

  • Length: 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 16.30 m (53 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 57.5 m2 (619 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 928 kg (2,046 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.II, 90 kW (120 hp)

    • Performance

    References

    Friedrichshafen FF.29 Wikipedia
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