What was the mass of a fully fueled Hindenburg (discounting any cargo other than fuel/gaz) ?
I do mean to exclude any lift provided by buoyancy.
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You mean the weight of the airship plus fuel without any of the lifting gas? – SMS von der Tann Jan 12 '18 at 01:06
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I mean including the mass of the lifting gas – Antzi Jan 12 '18 at 01:49
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1648.html 242 Tons – abelenky Jan 12 '18 at 03:34
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1"What was the mass [...] exclude any lift provided by buoyancy": lift/buoyancy are forces (N), they have no noticeable effects on mass (kg), unless they can propel the aircraft at relativistic velocity. – mins Jan 12 '18 at 08:47
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do you want to include the mass of the hydrogen or not? – Federico Jan 12 '18 at 10:05
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Mass is independent of lift. If you took the Hindenburg out into the vacuum of space the mass would remain the same. – Steve Kuo Jan 12 '18 at 19:31
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Steve, Federico: Yes and yes :) – Antzi Jan 15 '18 at 01:39
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According to airships.net, LZ-129 Hindenburg had a dead weight of 118,000 kg and carried 58,880 kg of fuel. So that comes to 176,880 kg. Here are the full details:
Actual payload from a Hindenburg flight across the South Atlantic using hydrogen; table from airships.net
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