List of Schütte-Lanz airships
The company airship Schütte- Lanz dealt with the construction of airships, and later aircraft and automobiles. It was still the largest German Ferdinand von Zeppelin competition in the field of rigid airship construction and during the First World War. But though the Schütte- Lanz airships were superior to the zeppelins in many ways, the airship builder Zeppelin could never celebrate successes.
History
The company was founded by the industrialist Karl Lanz and the engineer Johann Schütte on 22 April 1909 and settled in Brühl near Mannheim. The main difference of the airships over those of the Zeppelin type was in their construction material. The frame was made of wood. Only later four transport airships and airship research were planned for the postwar period, which should get a duralumin skeleton as the Zeppelin airships.
Until then, the airship Schütte- Lanz, however, had only made military airships, at its plant in Zeesenboot in Brandenburg also about 500 aircraft were built. After the First World War had 1922 in accordance with the provisions of the Versailles Treaty, the production can be adjusted. This meant the end for the company in the airship, and the airship Schütte- Lanz was dissolved in 1925.
From 1920 to 1924 built a branch operation, Schütte- Lanz- Werke AG in King Wusterhausen - Zeesenboot, coachwork for automobiles under the name SL. 1922-1924 was also a passenger car with 4/14-PS-Motor, under the name Schütte lance was offered.
It was possible to transfer the technological experience from the airship to other business, mainly in the lock timber. By the end of 2007, the company was specialized as Finnforest Schütte- Lanz GmbH, headquartered in Brühl near Mannheim on sheathing panels. After the cessation of operation of the production facilities were dismantled. The site is currently marketed under the name " industrial park Schütte- Lanz ". The last remaining listed halls of 1911 are now waiting for better times. On October 11, 2013, the chimney was blown up as the future trader did not want a fireplace.
Airship types
The Schütte- Lanz airships were divided into types a to f.
To type a part only S.L.1, the prototype. To him many developments have been realized and tested. The construction was in contrast to the zeppelins from a diamond-shaped frame. The longitudinal members ran this helically around the hull. By this design, a particularly strong and at the same shock and vibration absorbing fuselage should be created. However, the practice does not confirm the predictions.
From SLII a classic circular and longitudinal support frame was built. The skeleton carrier of SL1 as well as subsequent ships were lashed by means of riveted plates on the beams and steel wires.
A property of the wood, the moisture absorption and thus decrease in strength depending on the weather, was reduced by repeated painting of the structure, which brought a significant increase in weight with it, but could never be completely prevented.
The gas cells were formed in SL1 as a ball balloons. The space between the balloons has been used with so-called ring balloons. This does not, however, proven and have been omitted in the later ships. The balloon fabric came from Augsburg company Riedinger. He was relatively gas-tight and consisted of two layers of cotton fabric, the warp yarns ran at an angle to each other and were gummed. The default to the Supplier was at a basis weight of not more than 330 g / m² and a total mass of all the supporting body of 5850 kg. The seams of the gas cells were done in duplicate and taped from both sides. Each gas cell had a fill and drain valve, and a viewing window. Further, a pressure relief valve was present.
Assembled Dirigibles
Only the airships SL I and SL II led a Roman numeral in the name, all other names were pronounced following construction types are SL plus Arabic numeral.
Planned airships
The planned airships were designed depending on the later route.
The construction of LZ126/ZR-3 "USS Los Angeles " finished as Reparationsluftschiff Prof. Schütte's dream of transport airships.