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H.M.A Vickers R23 Airship

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The His Majesty’s Airship R23 is one of Britain’s airships during WWI. The R23 is the first of the Class 23 airships built by Vickers, and Armstrong-Whitworth, during the years of 1916 and first flew in 1917. Experiments were conducted with 40mm cannon and 3 machine guns, questionable results as the ammunition of the 40mm ricochet off the ground instead of exploding. Another experiment was with the concept of parasite fighter. The engineers strapped a Sopwith Camel on the belly of the airship and it was succesful, both unmanned and manned. Alas, The R23 never saw combat and was scrapped in 1919. M E G A E M P I R E. The airship has 2 controls, (1=Drop Sopwith)(8=disable airship controls). Also to take-off, use the VTOL slider to fill up the hydrogen bags and float, lower Vtol to vent Hydrogen. Equillibrium should be around 3/4 or slightly higher if accounting for the total of the VTOL slider. or just above 1/2 from VTOL center.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 68.0ft (20.7m)
  • Length 531.3ft (161.9m)
  • Height 74.8ft (22.8m)
  • Empty Weight 48,158lbs (21,844kg)
  • Loaded Weight 48,158lbs (21,844kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.679
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.08
  • Wing Loading 3.2lbs/ft2 (15.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 15,062.3ft2 (1,399.3m2)
  • Drag Points 127411

Parts

  • Number of Parts 272
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,470