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This is a complete list of Forlanini
airships designed and built by the
Italian pioneer
Enrico Forlanini from 1900 to 1931 (posthumously).
[1] These, like the German
Groß-Basenach
semi-rigid airships , were the first to have the gondola attached to the envelope, to reduce air resistance.[
citation needed ]
F.1 Leonardo da Vinci
Designed: 1900-1901
[2]
Maiden flight: 2 July 1909
Flights: 38, total distance 850 km.
Longest duration: 90 minutes
Length: 40 metres
Volume: 3,265 cubic metres
Propulsion: One
Antoinette engine of 40
HP
Maximum speed: 52 km/h
Construction started in 1900 collaboration with Cesare del Fabbro. Its first flight in 1909 was one year after the first Italian semi-rigid flight by
Gaetano Arturo Crocco . Like all the Forlanini airships, except the Omnia Dir, the
empennage comprised groups of multiple planes at the
poop and at the tail.
[3]
F.2 Città di Milano
Maiden flight: 17 August 1913
[3]
[4]
Flights: 43
[3]
Length: 72 metres
[1]
Volume: 12,000 cubic metres
[3]
Gas cells: 12
[3]
Propulsion: Two
Isotta Fraschini engines of 80
HP each
[1]
Maximum speed: 70 km/h
[1]
Flight ceiling: 2400 metres
[3]
Useful payload: 5
tonne
[3]
Owner:
Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito )
Fate: 9 April 1914 emergency landing during storm, then damaged by trees and terrain while moored. While attempting to deflate gas cells, caught fire and destroyed.
[1]
F.2's gondola was divided in three compartments: the command cabin, passenger cabin, and machine room. For safety all the material was treated with a fire suppressant and the envelope was double-skinned.
[3]
F.3 Città di Milano II
Volume: 13,790 cubic metres
[5]
Propulsion: Four
FIAT S.54-A engines of 80
HP each
[5]
Maximum speed: 80 km/h
[3]
Flight endurance: 24 hours
[3]
Useful payload: 6 tonne
[3]
Fate: built for the British government but due to
World War I requisitioned by the Italian Army in 1918
[2]
[5]
F.4
F.5
Built: 1917
[2]
Volume: 17,783 cubic metres
[5]
[7]
Length: 300 feet (91 m)
[2]
Maximum width: 66 feet (20 m)
[2]
Propulsion: Two
FIAT S.76-A engines of 350
HP each
[5]
Flight ceiling: 20,000 feet (6,100 m)
[2]
Gas cells: 12
[2]
Payload: 22,000 pounds (10,000 kg)
[8]
Crew: 5: commander, two officers, two mechanics
[2]
Owner:
Royal Italian Army
Fate: military operations, decommissioned 6 February 1918
F.6
Built: 1918
Volume: 15,000 cubic metres
[5]
Propulsion: Four
Isotta Fraschini IV-B engines of 180
HP each
Owner:
Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito )
Fate: one single military mission before the armistice
Omnia Dir
Built: 1931
Volume: 4,000 cubic metres
Propulsion: One
Isotta Fraschini of 150 HP
Note: Used two groups of five jets of compressed air for maneuvering, one at each end
See also
Notes
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^ New York Times claimed 700,000 cubic feet (20,000 m3 ).
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^ New York Times wrote payload reduces to 13,000 pounds (5,900 kg) at 7,000 feet (2,100 m) and 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) at 13,000 feet (4,000 m).
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