- Development and design
- Variants
- Operators
- Specifications (FF.34)
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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The Friedrichshafen FF.34 was a German biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen. Development and designThe FF.34 was similar to the earlier FF.31 as it was a pusher configuration twin-boom floatplane. It had a central nacelle with two open cockpits. The engine (a Maybach Mb.IV) with a pusher propeller was mounted at the back of the nacelle. The twin tail booms were fitted to a rear tailplane/elevator assembly. The aircraft was later modified with a conventional fuselage and tail unit and re-designated the FF.44 Variants- FF.34
Prototype twin-boom pusher floatplane. - //Friedrichshafen FF.44">FF.44
FF.34 converted with a conventional fuselage and tail unit. Operators- {{flag|German Empire}}
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|lists=- List of military aircraft of Germany
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}}References{{commons category|Friedrichshafen aircraft}}1. ^{{cite book |last1=Kober |first1=Theodor von |last2=Borzutzki |first2=Siegfried |title=Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH|publisher=Burbach |isbn=978-3927513600 |edition=1. Aufl |language=German |page=118}}
Further reading- {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=}}
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