page_title: LZ 10 Schwaben
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: LZ 10 Schwaben / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Postcard of the Zeppelin airship “Schwaben”. Thüringer Kunstverlag A. Gimm. Gotha (Germany), circa 1912.
context_page_description: LZ 10 Schwaben was a German rigid airship built by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in 1911 and operated by DELAG for passenger service. It is regarded as the first commercially successful passenger-carrying aircraft.
context_section_description: The Schwaben was 140.21 m (460 ft) long, 14 metres (46 ft) in diameter and had a lifting gas volume of 17,800 m³ (628,000 cu ft).  It was powered by three 108 kW (145 hp) Maybach engines, giving a maximum speed of 76 km/h (47 mph). Schwaben was the first Zeppelin to use these engines, which were used to drive most later examples.  The cylindrical hull structure was braced by a triangular keel running most of its length, which was widened amidships to accommodate the passenger cabin, which had a capacity of 20 people. Two gondolas were suspended from the keel; the forward one containing the control  position and one engine, and the aft one containing the remaining two engines. The engines drove two pairs of aluminium-bladed propellers mounted on brackets either side of the hull.
caption: Schwaben on a postcard.
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