Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII

Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII
Role	Bomber
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Schütte-Lanz
Designer	Graf von Zeppelin
First flight	1917
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Variants	Zeppelin-Staaken R.V, Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV, Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV, Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI, Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge

The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII was an incremental improvement to the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI. This was one of a series of large bombers called Riesenflugzeugen intended to be less vulnerable than dirigibles in use at the time.

Development

The Staaken Bomber had two engine pods with 4 engines in a push-pull configuration. The pods were large enough for some in-flight maintenance.

Operators

• German Empire

Specifications (Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 7
• Length: 22.1 m (72 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 42.2 m (138 ft 5 in)
• Height: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 332 m² (3,570 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 7,921 kg (17,463 lb)
• Gross weight: 11,848 kg (26,120 lb)

Performance

References

• A. K. Rohrbach, “Das 1000-PS Verkehrsflugzeug der Zeppelin-Werke, Staaken,” Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt, vol. 12, no. 1 (15 January 1921);
• E. Offermann, W. G. Noack, and A. R. Weyl, Riesenflugzeuge, in: Handbuch der Flugzeugkunde (Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1927).
• The German Giants by G.W. Haddow and Peter M. Grosz.