Friedrichshafen FF.2 explained
The
Friedrichshafen FF.2 was a
floatplane built in Germany in 1913. It was derived from a design by the Swiss pilot and designer
René Grandjean. Only one aircraft was built before the design was reworked into the
Friedrichshafen FF.4 the following year.
Background and description
Grandjean licensed the design for one of his aircraft to Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen which modified it as the FF.2. One aircraft was commissioned for a customer and it first flew sometime in 1913. Its ultimate fate is unknown.[1]
The FF.2 was a single-seat monoplane with a pair of large floats attached to the forward fuselage with struts and a small one under the tail structure.[2] It was powered by a 50PS Oerlikon four-cylinder flat engine[3] in a tractor configuration at the front of the fuselage. The engine was cooled by radiators positioned on the sides of the fuselage.[2]
Bibliography
- Book: Borzutzki . Siegfried . Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober . 1993 . de . Burbach . Berlin . 3-927513-60-1. Friedrichshafen Aircraft Company: Diploma-Engineer Theodore Kober.
- Book: Herris . Jack . Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes . 2016 . Aeronaut Books . Charleston, South Carolina . 978-1-935881-35-3. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 21.
- Web site: Vidal . Ricardo Miguel . OERLIKON . www.aeroenginesaz.com . 23 February 2023 . en.
Notes and References
- Boruzutzki, p. 85
- Herris, p. 14
- Vidal