SPANISH DIRIGIBLES (Non-rigid).
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ESPANA. Military. (ASTRA class.)
Maximum length, 197 feet (60 m.) maximum diameter, 35-1/3 feet (10.75 m.) volume, 43,057 c. feet (4,000 m³.)
Total lift.—9,700 lbs. (4,400 kgs.) Useful lift, lbs. ( kgs.)
Gas bags.—Yellow coloured rubber proofed Continental fabric.
Motor.—One 100 h.p. 4-cylinder Panhard.
Speed.—29 m.p.h.
Propellers.—1, at the front end of the car, of wood, "Integrale" type.
Steering.—As in Clement Bayard I and Ville de Nancy.
Remarks.—The two side stabilising shapes are duplicated, as they are in the Ville de Paris. A webbing stretched on steel tubes is introduced between the inner edges of the 4 main stabilising shapes to provide extra stabilising surface.
TORRES-QUEVEDO II. Military.
Maximum length, 147¾ feet (45 m.) maximum diameter, 32¾ feet (10 m.) volume, 56,700 c. feet (1,600 m³.)
Total lift.— lbs. ( kgs.) Useful lift, lbs. ( kgs.)
Gas bags.—
Motor.—60 h.p. Chenu.
Speed.—
Propellers.—
Steering.—
Remarks.—Designed by Captain Kindelan and Engineer Torres Quevedo.