 Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII

The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII was six-engined large bomber - a "Riesenflugzeug" - of Imperial Germany, intended to be less vulnerable than the airships in use at the time.The R.VII, an incremental improvement on the almost identical Zeppelin-Staaken R.IV, had two engine pods, each with tandem pusher engines, large enough for some inflight maintenance by flight mechanics housed in cockpits forward of the nacelle engines, driving the large pusher propellers through clutches, gearboxes, and shafts.