Schütte-Lanz SL 20

Description

Navy ship based at Ahlhorn. Burnt in huge hangar explosion and fire with four zeppelin airships on January 5, 1918 after only two missions.

• First Flight: September 9, 1917
• Length: 198.3 metres (651 ft)
• Diameter: 22.96 metres (75 ft)
• Gas Capacity: 56,000 cubic meters
• Performance: 102.6 km/h
• Payload: 35.5 tonnes
• Engines: 5 Maybach 1,200 hp/895 kW total

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Pilot Notes

Gas valve controls

• F/f - Open/close the gas valves of the fore gas cells.
• G/g - Open/close the gas valves of the aft gas cells.

Rigid airships like SL 20 take-off light in a static maneuver and normally land weighed-off to slightly heavy in a static maneuver. The primary use for the gas valves is to reduce static lightness when needed.

Ballast controls

• w - Show current on-ground weight. Only works when on the ground.
• W - Weigh off to neutral by adding/removing ballast. Takes about 10 seconds and is only applicable when on the ground.
• e/d - Shift trim ballast fore/aft.
• E/D - Drop one quick-release (a.k.a. emergency) ballast bag fore/aft. There are 6 bags fore and 4 aft.
• Ctrl+W - Refill the quick-release ballast bags from the trim ballast.

Ground crew

• Y - Tell ground crew to let go.
• U - Request ground crew to prepare for landing.
• Ctrl + click on terrain - Place the ground crew.

Weapons

• b - Open/close bomb bays.
• j - Select next Bomb.
• J - Drop selected Bombs.

Engine Controls

Engines are controlled with the "Machine Telegraph".

There is no need for the usual key commands. To start the engine just click on the "Leer" text left to the lever. The left part of the lever will jump into position. When the command is executed (Engine started or throttle changed) the right part of the lever will jump into position.

Engines are arranged from left to right, the fore engine is on the far left, then comes the left side engine, next comes then right side engine and finally the two aft engines.