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WWI German bomber

Friedrichshafen N.I

A profile view of the N.I
Role	BomberType of aircraft
Manufacturer	Friedrichshafen
First flight	1917
Number built	1

The Friedrichshafen N.I was a German prototype night bomber built by Friedrichshafen during World War I.

Design and development

The Friedrichshafen N.I was a two-seat biplane equipped with a 260 hp (190 kW) Mercedes D.IVa engine, double-mainwheel tri-cycle landing gear and large relatively highly swept biplane wings. It flew in 1917, but flight testing revealed a number of deficiencies, the main one of which was the large length of the nose, which made it difficult for the pilot to get a look at landing, especially at night.

References

Herris 2012, p. 22

Bibliography

Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
Herris, Jack (2016). Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 21. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-35-3.
Herris, Jack (2012). Nachtflugzeug: German N-Types of WWI. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 3. n. p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-10-0.

Friedrichshafen aircraft

Manufacturer
designations

FF.1
FF.2
FF.4
FF.8
FF.9
FF.11
FF.15
FF.17
FF.19
FF.21
FF.27
FF.29
FF.31
FF.33
FF.34
FF.35
FF.36
FF.37
FF.38
FF.39
FF.40
FF.41
FF.43
FF.44
FF.45
FF.46
FF.48
FF.49
FF.53
FF.54
FF.55
FF.59
FF.60
FF.61
FF.62
FF.63
FF.64
FF.66
FF.67
FF.71

Idflieg designations

Reconnaissance	C.I
Fighters	D.I
Bombers	G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V G.VI
Night Bombers	N.I

Idflieg G, GL, K, L and N-class bomber designations

G- class

AEG	G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V
Albatros	G.I G.II G.III G.IV
Daimler	G.I G.II
Friedrichshafen	G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V G.VI
Gotha	G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V G.VI G.VII G.VIII G.IX G.X
Halberstadt	G.I
LFG	G.I
LVG	G.I G.II G.III
Rumpler	G.I G.II G.III
Schütte-Lanz	G.I
Siemens-Schuckert	G.I G.II G.III
Union	G.I

GL- class

Gotha	GL.VII GL.VIII

K- class

AEG	K.I
Fokker	K.I

L- class

Siemens-Schuckert	L.I

N- class

AEG	N.I
Albatros	N.I
BFW	N.I
Friedrichshafen	N.I
Sablatnig	N.I

G = Grossflugzeuge (large airplane), GL = Grossflugzeuge Leicht (light large airplane)

K = Kampfflugzeug (battleplane), renamed as G-class, L = bomber midway between K/G and R-classes

N = Nacht (night)

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Design and development

See also

References

Bibliography