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Страна | Конструктор | Название | Год | Фото | Текст |
Страна: Германия Год: 1916
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Friedrichshafen - FF39 - 1916 - Германия | <– | –> | Friedrichshafen - FF41 - 1916 - Германия |
J.Herris - Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (21) |
FF40 Marine Number 669 shows its unusual configuration of a single engine driving two propellers via ZF bevel gears and propeller shafts, which were enclosed in streamlined fairings. (The Peter M. Bowers Collection/The Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (21) |
The FF40 was relatively large and powerful for a two-seat reconnaissance floatplane, but the power transmission system was heavy, limiting its equipment to a flexible gun and a wireless transmitter only with no receiver. | O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/ |
Friedrichshafen FF 40 | J.Herris - Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (21) |
The single 240 hp Maybach Mb.IV engine in the FF40 drove two propellers via ZF bevel gears and propeller shafts. The FF40 was ordered in March 1916 and, despite its relatively complex power system, was quickly built and flown. First flight is reported to be in April 1916 with delivery to the SVK in August 1916. | J.Herris - Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (21) |
J.Herris - Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (21) |
Friedrichshafen FF40 SVK Drawing |