Friedrichshafen FF.33l
Friedrichshafen FF.33l | |
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Role | Seaplane |
Manufacturer | Friedrichshafen |
First flight | early 1917[1] |
Introduction | Sept 1916 [2] to early 1917[1] |
Primary user | Germany |
Number built | 125[1]-135[3] |
Variants | 33, 33b, 33e, 33f, 33h, 33j, 33s |
Wingspan | 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) [4] |
Engine | 150hp Benz Bz.III inline |
Armament | (some) fixed sync. LMG08/15 and rear flexible Parabellum |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 136 km/h (85 mph)[5] - 140 km/h (87 mph)[4] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 8:00[5]-10:00[4] |
Endurance | 5-6hr [5] |
The Friedrichshafen FF.33l was the last of the fighter/patrol FF.33s, and the first of the line to provide the pilot with a synchronized gun. It was provided with all the small refinements the line had received, and it was found to be fairly nimble and seaworthy and -- like all Friedrichshafen planes -- robust and well-built.[5]
Two varieties were built: the C2MG with a fixed, synchronized LMG08/15 for the pilot, and the CHFT, which sacrificed the pilot's gun for extra radio equipment. Both varieties provided the observer with a flexible Parabellum. Roughly 40 C2MG and 95 CHFT FF33.l's were delivered. In May 1917, 114 FF.33L were in service.[1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Friedrichshafen FF.33.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Kenneth Munson, Bombers: Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, 1914-1919. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1968, Blandford Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0753721711
- 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