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