Friedrichshafen FF.60

FF.60
A front view of the FF.60
General information
Type	Experimental floatplane
Manufacturer	Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
Number built	1
History
First flight	November 1918

The Friedrichshafen FF.60 was a German experimental floatplane produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Development and design

The FF.60 was an experimental large triplane floatplane, powered by four Mercedes D.III engines. Its first flight took place in November 1918, only shortly before the Armistice that ended all further development. Only one was built.

Specifications (FF.60)

Data from Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH

General characteristics

• Crew: 4
• Wingspan: 27 m (88 ft 7 in)
• Height: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 235 m² (2,530 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,875 kg (10,748 lb)
• Gross weight: 7,342 kg (16,186 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 1,467 kg (3,234 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × Mercedes D.IIIa 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp) each
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)

Armament

• Guns: 3 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine guns
• Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs

See also

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany
• List of flying boats and floatplanes

Bibliography

• Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober [Friedrichshafen Aircraft Company: Diploma-Engineer Theodore Kober] (in German). Berlin: Burbach. ISBN 3-927513-60-1.
• Herris, Jack (2016). Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 21. Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-35-3.

Further reading

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.