what is it?
Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine float-plane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917
- introduced
- 1917
- number built
- 240
- role
- reconnaissance
- makers
- Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 11.7 m
- height
- 4.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,147 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- 700 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q570130, Wikipedia: Friedrichshafen FF.49 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.