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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...As early as 1906, Major von Parseval, formerly of the Bavarian Army, embodied in a non-rigid gasbag the principles of the kite balloon which he invented. This dirigible and its successors were built by the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft (commonly known as the " L. F. G.") of Berlin. The P. L. 1, the first of the L. F. G. airships, was an experimental balloon with a gas-lag 158 feet long and 28 feet in diameter, giving a volume of about 80,000 cubic feet. The cylindrical envevlope, rounded at the front and rear, contained two balloncts at either end which by their pressure on the gas maintained the envelope rigid and also served to change the height. In order to rise, the rear one was filled with air, so that the front end was inclined upward and a forward motion through the air tended to raise the balloon, while to descend the reverse process was followed. For considerable changes in height ballast had to be used. The car was hung on trolleys from two steel cables and moved forward under the impulse of the propeller so that it balanced automatically. The twin screws were driven by a 35-horse-power Mercedes motor, which gave the dirigible a speed of 21 miles an hour. This airship was remodeled in 1909, and finally dismantled in 1911. The later models turned out by the L. F. G. showed a steady improvement in every respect. The last dirigible turned out before the war was the Prussian Army airship P. V., the twenty-second constructed by the company. It was 315 feet long by 51 feet in diameter, the envelope being rounded in front and conical in the rear, with a volume of about 424,000 cubic feet. Three 180-horse-power Maybach engines, turning two pairs of twin screw propellers, drove the airship at a speed of 45 miles an hour. Early in 1915 the Germans at...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781153949149
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1153949148
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 86 gr


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