ZR Germany, Zeppelin, V CLASS (1917-1918)
Gas Capacity: 56007.89 cubic m (1,977,900 cf)
Useful Lift: 40006.847 Kilograms (88,200 lbs.)
Max Speed: 107.83 (67mph)
Ceiling: 6400.8 Meters (21,000 ft.)
Full Speed Range: 13,518.5 Kilometers (8400 miles)
A late war "Super Zeppelin" also one of the classes broadly known as "Height Climbers" designed to operate at altitudes above flak and attacking aircraft. In general for the height climber ships the structural framing was made as light as possible, engines capable to run a high altitudes were developed, upwards of 5,000 m (16,500 feet) and a ceiling of 6,400 m (21,000 feet), and the first rudimentary oxygen systems were developed for the crews.
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