M.II Lebaudy

The kuk M.II Lebaudy was a semi-rigid impact airship with a central balloon and a water weight control for shifting the center of gravity. His first voyage took place on May 30, 1910 in Fischamend . It was made according to the system of engineer Julliot and the Lebaudy brothers . The second airship owned by the Austro -Hungarian Airship Department was stationed in the Körtinghalle of the Fischamend Military Aëronautical Institute . With him experience in the construction and operation of motor balloons should be gained. The airship, built according to a French design, offered space for five crew members.

kuk M.II Lebaudy on Fischamend

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
Manufacturer	Austrian motor aircraft company
Balloon envelope	Austrian-American rubber goods factory
Engine and engine pod	Daimler works Wiener Neustadt
length	69 m
diameter	10.4 m
Lifting gas content	3200 m³ - after modification 3800 m³
Maximum speed	45 km / h
Cruising speed	40 km / h
Summit height	1500 m
Range	450 km
Motorization	1 Austro-Daimler 100 HP (74 kW) with two double-bladed propellers with a diameter of 3 m

One of the French engineers who had traveled to Fischamend sent this postcard to his friend in Paris

Trivia

A large number of French fitters had come to Fischamend for assembly and test drives of the fault-prone airship.

After an overland trip to Linz on March 18, 1911 , the wind conditions were such that gas and air had to be let out of the ballonet. The dismantled airship was brought back to Fischamend by ship across the Danube and was not repaired. His balloon envelope found in a free balloon "Fischamend" reuse. It burned completely after the balloon gas ignited on one of its first ascents.

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

↑ Rudolf Ster, Reinhard Ringl: The Austro-Hungarian Military Aeronautical Institution Fischamend . Ed .: ILF. tape 1 . carinaverlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503429-8-7 , p. 200 .

↑ Aviation interest group Fischamend. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .

^ Aviation in Austria . In: Wikipedia . November 30, 2019 ( Special: Permanent Link / 194521022 [accessed February 9, 2020]).

[1] Rudolf Ster, Reinhard Ringl: The Austro-Hungarian Military Aeronautical Institution Fischamend . Ed .: ILF. tape 1 . carinaverlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503429-8-7 , p. 200 .

[2] Aviation interest group Fischamend. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .

[3] Aviation in Austria . In: Wikipedia . November 30, 2019 ( Special: Permanent Link / 194521022 [accessed February 9, 2020]).