Talk:R36 (airship)

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It was necessary to make major revisions to this article due to major errors largely concerning the origins of the design. The R.36 was most definitely NOT a development of the R.33 class, rather it was a development of the Zeppelin U Type. The designation R.36 is the actual nomenclature of the airship. See Mowthorp, "Battlebags," pgs 139-141 and 157. R.36 was a pathetic attempt to turn a shoddy wartime design into a practical commercial airship. The British never did design a practical commercial airship. The R.100 came as close as the British ever got. The R.36 suffered a serious in-flight structural failure. Given the absurdly deficient British understanding of the forces operating upon airships it is probably luck alone which prevented a disaster. See R38. Mark Lincoln (talk) 19:37, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

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