In 1900, Maybach had had his aboriginal acquaintance with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who approved to advance the engines of the Zeppelin LZ1 airship. Maybach congenital some engines for him based on sketches of a 150 hp assemblage created by his son, Karl, while at DMG.
In 1908, Count Zeppelin attempted to advertise his models LZ3 and LZ4 to the government. On 5 August, LZ4 exploded adjoin a row of copse afterwards attempting an emergency landing if its engines failed. This was far from getting the end for the aeroplane activity as 6.25 actor goldmarks were aloft in a donation attack afterwards the accident. Count Zeppelin founded the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, the aggregation that congenital the Zeppelin airships.
Maybach had to authority off abutting the new aggregation for a while as he was still in action with DMG so Karl took his place. On 23 March 1909, a accord was assuredly signed, creating an engine accessory to Luftschiffbau Zeppelin at Bissingen/Enz, in Württemberg. Wilhelm Maybach was Technical Assistant and Karl was Technical Manager. Their aboriginal designs accomplished 72 km/h (45 mph).
Wilhelm Maybach confused his aggregation to Friedrichshafen and renamed it Luftfahrzeug-Motoren-GmbH. Karl and Wilhem captivated 20% of the shares with an adjustment for Karl to inherit. They kept bartering Zeppelin, but formed on added aeroplane engines too. In 1912, the aggregation adopted the name Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH (Maybach Engine Construction Company). In 1916, they developed a 160 hp aircraft engine which awash 2000 units afore the end of World War I. In 1916, Wilhelm Maybach was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technical University of Stuttgar
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