page_title: Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI WW1bomber samf4u, 2.jpg
context_page_description: The Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI was a very large bomber, designed and built in Germany during 1918.
context_section_description: The R.XVI, an incremental improvement to the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, was one of a series of large bombers called Riesenflugzeuge, intended to be less vulnerable than dirigibles in use at the time. The R.XVI had four engines in a push-pull configuration, mounted in nacelles large enough for some inflight maintenance by flight mechanics, housed in nacelles between the engines.
  Three aircraft were ordered to be completed by Automobil & Aviatik A.G., at Leipzig-Heiterblick. Only two R.XVIs were completed and only one of these, (R.49), flew before the Armistice on 11 November 1918. The third R.XVI (R.51) was 3/4 complete at the Armistice but was never completed.
caption: R.50 in flight.
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