R100 documents
- PART OF:
- R100 airship design and testing
- Made:
- 1925-06-26-1930-12-31
- part of archive:
- Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
Various documents about the R100, including:
- Specifications for the R100 as on 3 February 1926
- Rigid airship 27-L – weights
- Details on experimental work carried out in connection with R100
- Criteria of design of R100 airship
- Report on shed clearances of R100 in relation to contract requirements
- Comparison of heat energy consumed per passenger mile in RMS Orama and R100
- Resistance coefficients of 1/240th scale airship model M19, including two figure drawings
- National Physical Laborary report entitled ‘Experiments on a model of the rigid airship R100’, including five figure drawings
- R100 weight distribution chart
- Report entitled ‘Vickers Limited lighter-than-air craft’
- Tabular statement of D.O. work done since 1 July 1925
Also includes a loose document entitled 'R100 - fins'.
The original file has also been retained
Details
- Extent:
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1 file
- Identifier:
- BNW/BB4/1
- Access:
- Open Access
- copyright:
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