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The Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV was one of a series of large bombers called Riesenflugzeuge.
The original version of the Staaken R.XIV had two engine nacelles, each housing a pair of 350hp Austro-Daimler V-12 engines in a push-pull configuration. They were in turn removed in favor of the less powerful but reliable 245 hp high-compression Maybach Mb.IVa. In an attempt to maintain the performance of the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, a fifth Maybach engine was installed in the nose.
Four of the improved model R.XIVa were ordered late in the war. By the end of the war only 3 were completed (serial numbered R 69, 70 and 71) and none saw combat action.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin-Staaken_R.XIV
footages from Das Bundesarchiv
The Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV was one of a series of large bombers called Riesenflugzeuge.
The original version of the Staaken R.XIV had two engine nacelles, each housing a pair of 350hp Austro-Daimler V-12 engines in a push-pull configuration. They were in turn removed in favor of the less powerful but reliable 245 hp high-compression Maybach Mb.IVa. In an attempt to maintain the performance of the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, a fifth Maybach engine was installed in the nose.
Four of the improved model R.XIVa were ordered late in the war. By the end of the war only 3 were completed (serial numbered R 69, 70 and 71) and none saw combat action.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin-Staaken_R.XIV
footages from Das Bundesarchiv
