Hans Jacobs (aviation pioneer)
Hans Jacobs (born April 30, 1907 in Hamburg , † October 24, 1994 in Siegen ) was a German sailplane designer and aviation pioneer. As head of the German Research Institute for Glider Flight (DFS for short) in Griesheim , he was responsible for the design and construction of a number of well-known glider types, including DFS Habicht , DFS Kranich , DFS Weihe and DFS 230 in the years before World War II .
Life
The son of a captain completed an apprenticeship as a shipbuilder, then studied at the higher technical college in Hamburg and graduated as a shipbuilding engineer. In 1927 he became a member of the Rhön-Rossitten-Gesellschaft (RRG), where his first in-house design was created in 1930. In 1931, together with Herbert Lück, he wrote the book Werkstatt-Praxis for the construction of gliders and gliders for practical glider construction. In 1935 Jacobs moved to DFS , which had emerged from the RRG, and became head of the gliding department. There, among the developed -Rhon soaring competitions and other events successful gliders Rhönadler (1932), Rhoen Buzzard (1933), Rhönsperber (1934), Crane (1935) and Heron (1937), of which several hundred copies were built. In 1936 Jacobs designed the Sparrowhawk Junior for the aviator Hanna Reitsch . Further types of this era are the consecration from 1938 and the sea eagle from 1935, which was tested by Reitsch.
In 1952 Jacobs started his last glider construction, the Kranich III manufactured by Focke-Wulf in Bremen for the first flight.
Hans Jacobs developed the spoilers used in most aircraft .
Fonts
- Performance glider model. Instructions for building a free-flying model airplane in the style of modern high-performance gliders. Foreword by Alexander Lippisch . Maier, Ravensburg 1930.
- High performance motor model and duck model. Instructions for building free-flying models with rubber motor drive. Maier, Ravensburg 1930.
- Tailless glider models and rocket flight models. Instructions for easy and quick to build models in various sizes. Maier, Ravensburg 1932.
- Glider. Instructions for building it yourself. Maier, Ravensburg 1932.
- with Herbert Lück: Workshop practice for the construction of gliders and gliders. Maier, Ravensburg 1932, 7th edition 1955; Unchanged reprint: Schäfer, Hannover 1989, ISBN 3-88746-220-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Jacobs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jacobs, Hans. Hessian biography. (As of April 30, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
literature
- Peter Ocker: Hans Jacobs - pioneering life in aircraft construction. Self-published, Heidenheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039539-0 .
- Roland Dotzert et al .: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt , Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1930-3 and ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 , p. 439.
Individual evidence
- ↑ pioneers. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 28, 2014 ; Retrieved November 6, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Walter Zuerl: German aircraft designers. Career and successes of our aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturers . Pechstein, Munich 1938, p. 298-308 .
- ↑ Hanna Reitsch: Flying - my life . 4th edition. Herbig, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7766-2197-4 , pp. 171 ff .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobs, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sailplane designer and aviation pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1994 |
| Place of death | Wins |