maybachvl2
153 photos tagged maybachvl2, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- maybach
- goodyear
- vl2
- aircraft
- zeppelin
- airship
- usnavy
- usn
- dirigible
- lighterthanair
- navalaviation
- unitedstatesnavy
- goodyearzeppelin
- goodyearzeppelincorporation
- aviation
- ussakron
- airships
- ussmacon
- blimp
- lta
- zrs4
- ussakronzrs4
- ussmaconzrs5
- zrs5
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The last upload was September 2022.
USS Macon at camp kearny SDASM Image from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2022
USS Macon over SD SDASM Image from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2022
USS Akron over SD SDASM Image from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2022
Good Year Sky Car 1 5Apr33_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded October 2020
"The Macon leaving her home at Sunnyvale California, on her 1st cruize, Oct. 16 - 1938." from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer imageaval air station moffett field sunnyvale from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer imageaval air station moffett field sunnyvale from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image aval air station moffett field sunnyvale from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
henry cord meyer image aval air station moffett field sunnyvale from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
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Zeppelin
from SDASM Archives
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Batman_60 said:
Twelve cylinders, five engines. Graf Zeppelin was powered by five Maybach VL-2 12-cylinder engines, which could develop 550hp at maximum revolutions, and 450 hp at 1400 RPM in cruise. The airship was powered by gaseous fuel called "Blau gas" (propane), which was the same density as air, and therefore did not lighten the airship as fuel was burned. With Blau gas tons of weight was saved and no hydrogen needed to be vented to make up for the weight reduction that would have occured with liquid fuel.
