The wooden propellers and these massive engines were 20 feet in diameter. It was also fitted with 660-gallon fuel tanks. The cruising horsepower for this monster was 1300 for a period of five minutes during takeoff and 850 horsepower during normal cruise altitude. The Hindenburg was capable of 78 miles an hour cruising speed and 84 miles an hour maximum speed. The airship was able to cross the Atlantic in less than four days where as most steam ships took more than four weeks to cross.
The control car was split into three separate areas: the navigation room, the observation area, and the control room and bridge. While in the observation area the passengers were able to smoke their tobacco products but only while in the observation area. All tobacco products were confiscated before entering the explosive balloon of gas. While being in the observation area one would be able to light up using lighters that were supplied in the room that were attached to a chain to prevent someone from lighting a match in an unsafe area. All hallways and ladders were secured with insulators to prevent the charge of static electricity. The control room contained instruments such as the altimeter and the release switches to the hydrogen cells where the gas was located. The navigation room contained two gyro compass repeaters, a telephone switchboard and a radio compass. Each of the cabins were only five by six and a quarter feet with a wardrobe, a folding writing table, a folding stool, and a folding washboard with hot and cold running water.
The Hindenburg would have to land at the Lakehurst naval base because there were no privately owned airship terminals to deal with it. While its stay at Lakehurst it was docked in hangar number One. Hangar One was 136 feet wide, 177 feet long and seventy-six feet deep. While the Hindenburg was staying inside there was only fifteen inches of room between the doors and the tail or the nose.
