Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV

Rs.IV
Role Patrol flying boat
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Zeppelin-Lindau
Designer Claudius Dornier
First flight 12 October 1918
Status scrapped
Primary user Kaiserliche Marine
Number built 1
Developed from Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III

The Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV (known incorrectly postwar as the Dornier Rs.IV) was a Riesenflugzeug (Giant aircraft) monoplane all metal flying boat with a stressed skin hull and fuselage developed for the Imperial German Navy to perform long range patrols over the North Sea. It had been developed by Claudius Dornier while working for Zeppelin in the town of Lindau.