RUSSIAN MILITARY DIRIGIBLES (13).
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Name LEBEDJ. KOMMISSIONY. JASTREB and GOLOUBJ. ZODIAC VII, VIII & IX. PARSEVAL. FORSZMANN I. FORSZMANN II. ASTRA 13. PARSEVAL 14. C. BAYARD 6, bis.
Make Lebaudy. C. Bayard I. Outchebny I & II. Parseval 7. Forszmann. Forszmann.
Date 1910. 1910. 1910-11. 1910-11. 1911. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1913. 1913.
System Semi-rigid. Non-rigid. Semi-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid. Non-rigid.
Volume c. feet (m³.) 3700 3000 1500 2140 7600 800 600 9800 10,000 6200
Length feet (m.) 200 (61) 184 (56.25) ... 164 (50) 236 (72) 121-1/2 (37) ... 259 (77.80) 279 (85) 250 (77.60)
Diameter feet (m.) 35-1/2 (10.80) 34-3/4 (10.58) ... 29-1/2 (9) 46 (14) 19-3/4 (6) ... 49 (14.90) 52-1/2 (16) 42-3/4 (13)
Gas Bags fabric Continental Continental ... Continental Continental ... ... Continental Reidinger Continental
ballonets 1 1 ... 1 2 ... ... 2 (3100 m³.) 2 2
compartments 3 2 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lift total tons 4 3-3/4 ... 2 7 1/2 1/3 ... ... 7-1/2
useful tons 1-1/4 1 ... ... ... ... ... nearly 4 about 3-1/2 2-3/4
Motor h.p. 1-70 Panhard (=70) 1-105 Clement B. (=105) 1-75 E.N.V. (=75) 1-60 Labor (=60) 2-110 N.A.G. (=220) 1-24 (=24) ... 2-150 Chenu (=300) 2-180 Maybach (=360) 2-130 Clement B. (=260)
Propellers number 2 1 1 1 two 4-bladed 1 1 3 two 4-bladed 2
Speed m.p.h. (km.) 30 (49) 33-1/2 (54) 13 (21) 33-1/2 (54) 37 (59) 23 (37) ... 36 (60) 43 (68) ...
Notes ex La Russie. Jastreb reported wrecked, March, 1913. Carries 500 litres of petrol. Has done 6-1/3 hours at 1500 metres, with 9 on board. One-man dirigible. Carries 740 litres petrol. Crew 6. Weights:Crew 1044 lbs.Tools, &c. 220 "Petrol, oil, &c. 7307 " = 8541 "Forward propeller 6m. diameter; the two after ones 3 m. each. Special 2 speedgear to propellers.
Note.—Illustrations see next page.
Lebedj. Uniform Dirigible Scale.
Jastreb (Outchebny).
Kommissiony. Uniform Dirigible Scale.
FURSZMANN.
Note.—The other dirigibles are of usual type. See France and Germany.