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Data from The German Giants and German aircraft of the First World War. General characteristics Crew: 6+ Length: 21.6 m (70 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 48 m (157 ft 6 in) Height: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) Wing area: 440 m 2 (4,700 sq ft) Empty weight: 10,478 kg (23,100 lb) Gross weight: 15,867 kg (34,980 lb) Powerplant: 6 × Basse und Selve BuS.IVa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engines, 220 kW (300 hp ...
Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII (1918). A Riesenflugzeug (plural Riesenflugzeuge, German for "giant aircraft"), sometimes colloquially referred to in English as an R-plane, was any member of a class of large World War I German bombers, possessing at least three aircraft engines, although usually four or more engines.
Siemens-Schuckert designed a number of heavy bombers early in World War I, building a run of seven Riesenflugzeug.Intended to be used in the strategic role in long duration flights, the SSW R-series had three 150 h.p Benz Bz.III engines in the cabin driving two propellers connected to a common gear-box through a combination leather-cone and centrifugal-key clutch in SSW R.I to the SSW R.VII ...
Siemens-Schuckert R.VII; Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII This page was last edited on 25 October 2023, at 20:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Siemens-Schuckert R.VII was a bomber aircraft built in Germany during World War I. [3] [4] It was one of six aircraft based on the Siemens-Schuckert R.I that were originally intended to be identical, but which each developed in a different direction and were designated as different aircraft types by the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg).
Siemens-Schuckert R.II, R.III, R.IV, R.V, R.VI, and R.VII The Siemens-Schuckert R.I was a bomber aircraft built in Germany during World War I. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was originally ordered as the Siemens-Schuckert G.I prior to the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg ) adopting the "R" classification for multi-engine aircraft in late 1915 ...
Siemens-Duewag U2 LRV – Edmonton Transit System and Calgary Transit – Alberta, Canada; Siemens SD-160 – Edmonton Transit System and Calgary Transit – Alberta, Canada; LHB/Siemens M1/M2/M3 Metro (Pair) – Prague Metro Czech Republic; Siemens-Adtranz LRV; MX3000 Metro car for Oslo (SGP Wien works) – Oslo T-bane, Norway; CAF S4000 Metro ...
Siemens & Halske (S & H) was incorporated in 1897 and then merged parts of its activities with Schuckert & Co., Nuremberg, in 1903 to become Siemens-Schuckert. In 1919 S & H and two other companies jointly formed the Osram lightbulb company. During the 1920s and 1930s S & H started to manufacture radios, television sets and electron microscopes.