Zeppelin LZ 29
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|name = LZ 29 (Z X) |image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0051, Frankreich, Bombardierung Calais.jpg |caption = Imperial German Zeppelin LZ 29 (Z X) bombed Calais, France on the night of 21 February 1915 |alt = }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type = M-class reconnaissance-bomber rigid airship |national origin = German Empire |manufacturer = Luftschiffbau Zeppelin |design group = |designer = Ludwig Dürr |builder = |first flight = 13 October 1914 |introduction = |introduced = |retired = Crashed in St. Quentin, France, 21 March 1915 |status = |primary user = Imperial German Navy |more users = |produced = |number built =1 |program cost = |unit cost = |developed from = |variants with their own articles = |developed into = }} |
The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 29 (Z X) was an M-class World War I Zeppelin.
Operational history
The airship participated in two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping {{cvt|1800|kg}} of bombs. While returning from the 21 March 1915 raid Z X was damaged by enemy fire and crashed after a forced landing at Saint-Quentin. It was dismantled on ground after the crash. {{sfn|Robinson|1973|p=333}} {{sfn|Powis|2017|p=}}
Specifications (LZ 31 / M2-class zeppelin)
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|ref=Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940,{{sfn|Brooks|1992 |p=333}} The Zeppelin Airships - Part Two: Zeppelins of the Great War 1914–1918{{cite web |url=http://www.pugetairship.org/zeppelins/list_2.html|title=The Zeppelin Airships - Part Two: Zeppelins of the Great War 1914–1918 |publisher= Puget sound airship society |access-date=28 January 2011}}
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|crew=16
|capacity= {{cvt|9200|kg|0}} typical disposable load
|length m=158
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|dia m=14.9
|dia note=maximum
- Fineness ratio: 10.61
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|volume m3=22470
|volume note=in 18 gas cells
|empty weight kg=16900
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|fuel capacity={{cvt|4000|kg|0}} maximum
|lift kg=26100
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|eng1 number=3
|eng1 name=Maybach C-X
|eng1 type=6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engines
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|eng1 hp=180
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|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch propellers
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|max speed kmh=84
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|cruise speed kmh=80.5
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|range km=2200
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|ceiling m=2800
|ceiling note=static
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|guns= 4x machine-guns
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See also
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Peter W. |title=Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940 |url=https://archive.org/details/zeppelinrigidair00broo_303 |url-access=limited |date=1992 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=1560982284 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/zeppelinrigidair00broo_303/page/n71 72]-77}}
- {{cite book |last=Massie|first=Robert K. | author-link = Robert K. Massie | title = Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea|year=2003| publisher = Random House Publishing Group| isbn=9781588363206}}
- {{cite book|last=Powis|first=Mick | title = The Defeat of the Zeppelins: Zeppelin Raids and Anti-Airship Operations 1916-18|year=2017| publisher = Pen and Sword Books| isbn= 9781526701497}} - Total pages: 75
- {{cite book |last=Robinson|first=Douglas Hill | title = Giants in the Sky: A History of the Rigid Airship|year=1973| publisher = University of Washington Press| isbn=9780295952499}}
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