Santos-Dumont No. 6
Type: | Hydrogen-filled Envelope |
Role: | Experimental |
Top speed: | 25 mph / 40 kph |
Volume: | 22,000 ft3 / 622 m3 |
Length: | 72' 2" / 22 m |
Diameter: | 19' 8" / 6 m |
Engine Type: | 1 12hp Buchet 4-cylinder Inline Water-cooled Piston Engine |
Crew: | 1 |
Designer(s): | Alberto Santos-Dumont |
Manufacturer: | Alberto Santos-Dumont |
Number Manufactured: | 1 |
Country of Origin: | France |
First Flight: | September 6, 1901 |
Retired | 1902 |