Friedrichshafen FF.53

FF.53

Manufacturer: Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
First flight: 30 July 1918
Number built: 3

The Friedrichshafen FF.53 was a German torpedo-carrying biplane floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen.

Development and design

The FF.53 was a twin-engined biplane floatplane, designed to carry a torpedo and powered by two Mercedes D.IVa engines. It was a development of the Friedrichshafen G.III heavy bomber. Only three aircraft were built.

Specifications (FF.53)

General characteristics

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Powerplant: 2x— Mercedes D.IVa, 194 kW (260 hp) each

Performance

Armament

1 x— torpedo

Related development FF.45 - FF.61

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Borzutzki, Siegfried (1993). Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH: Diplom-Ingenieur Theodor Kober. Berlin: Kx¶nigswinter. pp. 149.

Friedrichshafen FF.53 Pictures

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