Brandenburg FB
Hansa-Brandenburg FB | |
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Role | Flying Boat |
Manufacturer | Brandenburg |
Designer | Ernst Heinkel |
Introduction | spring 1917 [1] |
Primary user | Germany |
Number built | 6 [1] |
Wingspan | 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in) [2] |
Engine | 150hp Benz Bz.III inline or 160hp Austro-Daimler inline [1] |
Armament | front flexible Parabellum [1] |
Crew | 3 [1] |
Max Speed | 140 km/h (87 mph) [2] |
Climb | 910 m (3,000 ft) in 11:30[2] |
After studying a Lohner L flying boat, Ernst Heinkel designed the Brandenburg FB as an improvement. Six were ordered in 1916, and their robust construction made them popular with their crews, despite a German preference for floatplanes. All six were still in service in May 1917.[1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Lohner_L.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070