Does anyone want to error check this? Knowing me, there's half a dozen
errors and typos in this design. But if I get the spreadsheet debugged
I can crank out bunch of airships for you.
Zeppelin LZ120 (type y) Bodensee
As World War I ended, the Zeppelin company quickly turned from
military airships to commercial products. The Bodensee returned to the
prewar model of a small short-range airship for interurban travel and
aerial tourism, but with all the technical advances learned during the
war. The Bodensee carried 21 passengers on a daily run from
Friederichafen and Berlin and back, plus aerial tours of Berlin.
Notes: Exact Areas rule. I used Excellent Streamlining and late TL6
props to match historical airspeed. The generator in the passenger
gondola is a small windmill attached outside the gondola that
generates power from the airship's windstream. (100 lbs, 2 cf, $100)
For simplicity, I used one fuel tank in the Main Body and one gasbag
instead of the multiples in the real vehicle.
Subassemblies: Aft Engine Gondola (AE), Port and Starboard Engine
Gondolas (PE, SE), Passenger Gondolas (Pas).
Body Features: Excellent Streamlining
Propulsion: Late TL6 194kW Aerial Props (PE, SE), Late TL6 384kW
Aerial Prop (AE)
Instruments and Electronics: TL6 Communicator, Long Range, TL6
Navigation Instruments.
Controls: Mechanical.
Crew Stations: Captain, Elevator Man, Rudder Man, Radio Operator in
roomy bridge control stations, 2 stewards in galley (Pas) 1 keel watch
1 sail maker (Main body). 1 engineer in normal control station (PE), 1
engineer in normal control station (SE), 2 engineers in normal control
stations (AE)
Occupancy: Short. Passengers 21 in roomy seats with superior access
(Pas). Crew 16, with 8 normal seats and 4 hammocks (Main body). Two
toilets and Galley in Pas
Power: 4 194kW TL6 HP Gasoline Engines (2 AE, 1 SE, 1PE). 1800kWs TL6
Lead-Acid Battery (Pas)
Fuel TL6 770 gal standard fuel tank (Main body), TL6 10 gal standard
fuel tank (PE, SE), TL6 20 gal standard fuel tank (AE)
Access, Cargo: 60 cf cargo space. Bridge Space and Superior Access in
Pas
Vol: AE 659 cf, PE and SE 330 cf each, Pas 3215 cf, Bo 883519 cf
Areas: AE 454, PE and SE 287 each, Pas 1307, Bo 60000
Structure: TL6 super-light advanced
HP: AE 681, PE and SE 431 each, Pas 1961, Bo 90000
Armor PD2 DR2 metal advance (AE, PE, SE, Pas). PD1 DR1 nonrigid Bo.
Vision: Good in Pas, Poor in AE, PE, SE, Bo
Statistics: Empty Weight, 30672 lbs. Usual payload, 15665. Loaded
Weight 46337 lbs, 23 tons. Vol 884838 cf. Size Modifier +10. Price
$2866881. HT 12
Aerial Performance: Stall Speed 0. Aerial Motive Thrust 2328 lbs.
Aerodynamic Drag 3117. aTopSpeed 75. aMR 0.125. aSR 5. aDecel 0.5
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