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PLANEBUILDER - Aircraft Specification Sim: Beta v. 1.4

Aircraft Type or Name:

LZI 1

General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
2

Year of First Flight: 1921

Description

Rigid Dirigible
Airship
Hydrogen

The first German-Iberian passenger airship



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 156,367 lbs
Weight (empty) 108,096 lbs

Length 656.17 ft
Diameter 98 ft
Volume Capacity 2,673,035 cubic ft


Engines 4
Maybach M 16
Piston

658 hp
at 2,200 ft


Crew 15


Typical cost $0.390 million in 1939
Total number procured 2000


Performance:

Top Speed 70 kts = 81 mph
at 5,700 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 6,000 ft

Range 4,000 nm = 4,606 miles
with 13,785 lbs payload
15,379 lbs released at halfway point

Climb N/A fpm

Cruise 50 kts = 58 mph
at 5,700 ft

Corner Speed N/A KIAS =
N/A kts at N/A ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate N/A deg/sec
Radius N/A ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 10.5 ft

Bypass Ratio 150

Engine Weight 721 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22.5 percent

Structural Factor 0.95

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 180 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 2.25 g
Wing Taper 0.3
Wing Thickness at Root 2.7 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 1

Number of Nacelles 5
Length 6 ft
Diameter 3 ft
Fullness 0.5

Fuselage Diameter 98.43
Fuselage Fullness 0.4

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 1

Cleanness 100 percent
Unstreamlined section 5.7 sq ft

User equipment 2,000 lbs

carries 20 passengers

Aircraft Type or Name:

LZI 1


Year of First Flight: 1921

Description

Rigid Dirigible
Airship
Hydrogen

The first German-Iberian passenger airship



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 291,885 lbs
Weight (empty) 231,312 lbs

Length 688.98 ft
Diameter 131 ft
Volume Capacity 4,989,665 cubic ft


Engines 5
Maybach M 16
Piston

877 hp
at 2,200 ft


Crew 15
Passengers 20


Typical cost $0.390 million in 1921
Total number procured 10


Performance:

Top Speed 70 kts = 81 mph
at 5,700 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 6,000 ft

Range 5,600 nm = 6,448 miles
with 10,345 lbs payload
11,282 lbs released at halfway point

Climb N/A fpm

Cruise 40 kts = 46 mph
at 5,700 ft

Corner Speed N/A KIAS =
N/A kts at N/A ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate N/A deg/sec
Radius N/A ft



Internal Data:

Intake / Fan Diameter 11.5 ft

Bypass Ratio 150

Engine Weight 577 lbs
Overall Efficiency 25 percent

Structural Factor 0.95

Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1

Limiting Airspeed 180 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 2.25 g
Wing Taper 0.3
Wing Thickness at Root 2.7 ft

Tail / Canard Factor 1

Number of Nacelles 1
Length 50 ft
Diameter 15 ft
Fullness 0.5

Fuselage Diameter 131.23
Fuselage Fullness 0.4

Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 1

Cleanness 100 percent
Unstreamlined section 5.7 sq ft

User equipment 80,000 lbs

Where can I find the Plane builder program?

Try this link to Rick Robinson's page - a bit furhter down the page you should see a link to an aircraft specification programme.