~Maximum length,~ 213 feet (65 m.) ~maximum diameter,~ 35 feet (10.50 m.) ~volume,~ 145,000 c. feet (4,200 m cubed.) ~Total lift.~--9,921 lbs. (4,500 kgs.)=about 4-1/2 tons. ~Gas bags.~--Yellow coloured rubber proofed Continental fabric. ~Motor.~--One 110 h.p. 4-cylinder Panhard. ~Speed.~--29 m.p.h. ~Propellers.~--1, at the front end of the car. "Integrale." ~Steering.~--Elevators. Remarks.--The two side stabilising shapes are duplicated, as they were in the _Ville de Paris_. A webbing stretched on steel tubes is introduced between the inner edges of the 4 main stabilising shapes to provide extra stabilising surface. [Illustration: COLONEL RENARD. UDS Note.--An elevator aft has since been added.] Improved _Col. Renard's_ are:-- LIEUT. CHAURE. Military (1911). ADJUTANT REAU. Military (1911) TRANSAERIEN II (1911). Particulars of these are as follows:-- --------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------- | _Lieut. Chaure._ | _Adjutant Reau._ | _Transaerien II._ --------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------- ~Length~ | 275-1/2 feet (83.8 m.) | 285 feet (86.78 m.) | 250 feet (76.25 m.) ~Diameter~ | 46 feet (14 m.) | 46 feet (14 m.) | 46 feet (14 m.) ~Volume~ | 312,550 c. ft. (8,850 m cubed.) | 314,000 c. ft. (8950 m cubed.) | 318,000 c. ft. (9,000 m cubed.) ~Motors~ | 2 Panhard, each 110 h.p. | 2 Brasier, each 110 h.p. | 2 of 175 h.p. each ~Speed~ (p.h.) | 32 m. (53 km.) | 32 m. (53 km.) | 34 m. (56 km.) --------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------- Notes.--All have 1 propeller forward of 6 m. diameter, and 2 aft of 3.70 m. The _Lieut. Chaure's_ empeunage is by ballonets; in the other two a cellular system and automatic stabilisation are the special feature. +----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Appearance practically the same as for _Colonel Renard_. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ ECLAIREUR CONTE. Military. (1912) Nominal volume, 6,500 m cubed. [Illustration] ~Length,~ 213 feet (65 m.) ~diameter,~ 46 feet (14 m.) ~volume,~ 234,500 c. feet (6,640 m cubed.) ~Ballonets.~--Volume, 71,770 c. feet (2,032 m cubed) empeunage: cellular. ~Nacelle.~--Length, 115 feet (35 m.) Breadth, 5-1/2 feet (1.60 m.) Height _about_ 6 feet (2-1.50 m.) ~Motor.~--2 Chenu, 80 h.p. Hele-Shaw clutch. ~Speed.~--_About_ 28 m.p.h. (43-45 km.p.h.) ~Propellers.~--2 central aft, each of 4 m. (13 feet) diameter. 650 r.p.m. ~Empeunage.~--Cellular, Stabilisation automatic.