F class blimp

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name=F class

caption=
type=Engine testbed
manufacturer=Goodyear
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introduced=1918
retired=1923
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primary user=US Navy
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number built=1
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The F class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government. Two were purchased for the US Navy and one for the US Army. The Navy blimps were designated E-1, F-1, and the Army airship A-1. classified as an "Experimental Engine Testing Dirigible." F-1 had the same envelope size as the E-1, due to the use of a tractor mounted 125 hp Union engine, the performance was different. F-1 spent its entire career at Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Virginia). It was flown in both tractor and pusher configurations. It also may have been flown with a Curtiss OX-5 engine. F-1 was deleted in late 1923.

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length m=49.39
length ft=162
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dia m= 10.06
dia ft= 33
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height m=15.09
height ft=49
height in=6
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volume m3= 2,690
volume ft3= 95,000
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lift kg= 1,043
lift lb= 2,300

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Union
eng1 kw= 93
eng1 hp= 125
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max speed kmh=84
max speed mph=52
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cruise speed kmh= 55
cruise speed mph= 34
range km=2,269
range miles=1,414
endurance h= 34
endurance min= 12
ceiling m=2,440
ceiling ft=8,000
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* List of airships of the United States Navy

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