M.III Körting
The kuk M.III Körting was a semi-rigid impact airship with two ballonets and a water weight control to shift the center of gravity. Its first trip took place on January 1st, 1911 in Fischamend . The engineers Cassinone , Strattmann and Basenach provided the design . The M.III Körting was stationed in the Körtinghalle, named after her, of the Fischamend Military Aëronautical Institute . With the airship, which can accommodate six crew members, groundbreaking developments in the field of research were achieved.
Technical specifications
| Manufacturer | Österreichische Maschinenbau AG, Körting Vienna |
| Balloon envelope | Austrian-American rubber goods factory |
| Engine and engine pod | Österreichische Maschinenbau AG, Körting Vienna |
| length | 68 m |
| diameter | 10.5 m |
| Lifting gas content | 3600 m³ |
| Maximum speed | 57 km / h |
| Cruising speed | 40 km / h |
| Summit height | 1500 m |
| Range | 500 km |
| Motorization | 2 Körting to 75 HP with two four-bladed propellers with Ø 3 m |
research
During extensive test drives, research was carried out in the areas of spark telegraphy and photogrammetry for national surveying . In 1914 a worldwide unique panorama photogrammetry device designed by Professor Scheimpflug was installed in the gondola . As a special feature, the Körting should have a radio station from Siemens & Halske installed for test purposes .
Körting disaster
During the Körting disaster on June 20, 1914, the M.III Körting collided with an airplane and crashed.
Trivia
The fish Amender historians club ILF was under the mitkuratieren by him exhibition "kuk Military Institute Aëronautische Fischamend" in HGM Zeltweg a model of the nacelle of M.III Körting in 1:10. This was realized as an in-house project.
In Fischamend today the Körtingstraße and the sign reminds of the airship. It runs in the area of the former military aeronautical institute not far from the Körting airship hangar and airfield.
literature
The Austro-Hungarian Military Aeronautical Institution, Fischamend Volume 1 - The Great Age of the Austro-Hungarian Airships 1908 to 1914 of the ILF , Rudolf Ster, Reinhard Ringl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aviation interest group Fischamend. Retrieved on February 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Ing. Rudolf Ster, Ing. Reinhard Ringl: The kuk military aeronautical institute Fischamend . Ed .: ILF. tape 1 . carinaverlag, ISBN 978-3-9503429-8-7 , p. 200 .
- ↑ Home. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ ILF with a new sensational model: the gondola of the Körting airship. Retrieved February 6, 2020 (Austrian German).
- ↑ Google Maps. Retrieved February 6, 2020 (de-US).