Heinz Kensche

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Heinz Kensche (born January 21, 1909 in Waldenburg , Silesia ; † September 17, 1970 in Uhingen -Holzhausen) was a German engineer and aircraft manufacturer. He started gliding on the Zobten (Giant Mountains) . In Grunau (Riesengebirge) he flew with Wolf Hirth , Hanna Reitsch and Joachim Küttner .

Life

As a trained locksmith, mechanical engineer and aircraft engineer, Kensche was initially employed by the Reich Ministry of Aviation (RLM). As a test pilot, he was jointly responsible for the approval of all series-built gliders. In 1934, Kensche designed the Helios , the first glider with a cantilever gull wing . The Helios was designed and built in just 6½ weeks. In his position at the RLM, Kensche was also involved in testing the Fi 103R (V1) . After the end of the Second World War , he moved to the construction department of the Schmetz company in Herzogenrath and developed patented sewing machine needles. He stayed true to gliding. From 1950 to 1960 he was the honorary head of the technical committee of the German Aeroclub and set a speed record over the 100 kilometer triangle.

From 1952, Kensche developed the HKS 1 and HKS 3 gliders together with Ernst Günter Haase . A pioneering feature of these aircraft was a slotless wing with a curved profile and aileron control through curvature. The aircraft had no airbrakes, but for the first time a braking parachute. With the single-seat HKS 3 , Haase became world glider champion in 1958. The HKS 3 is exhibited in the Schleissheim aircraft yard , the HKS 1 has been restored in the German Gliding Museum on the Wasserkuppe. In 1952, Kensche took part in the World Gliding Championship in Madrid with a Condor IV . After Kensche moved to the Allgaier company in Uhingen as a test manager in 1958 to develop continuously variable transmissions, he played a key role in the construction of the Hütter H 30 TS . The H 30 TS was designed by Wolfgang Hütter . It was one of the first aircraft in fiber composite construction. She was a motor glider with a BMW radial jet engine.

Kensche was a member of the OSTIV .

Awards

  • Silver glider badge No. 16

Publications (selection)

  • The flight . In: Wolf Hirth / Georg Brütting (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Segelfliegens . Franck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1938, 1. – 8. Edition, article The flight and its mechanics
  • Flugsport magazine, Volume 26, No. 17, 1934
  • The development of the HKS glider 1st magazine for flight science, 2nd year, issue 1, January 1954
  • Requirements for the wire for sewing machine needles . Verlag Stahleisen, Düsseldorf 1949

Individual evidence

  1. ^ D-Helios In Flugsport glider , year 26, no.17.1934
  2. ↑ Needles In: Steel Wire Products, Volume II . Düsseldorf: Verlag Stahleisen 1956
  3. ↑ Heinz Kensche: The development of the glider HKS 1. In: Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaft , 2nd year, issue 1, January 1954
  4. ^ HKS 3. In: Collections. Deutsches Museum , accessed on May 27, 2017 : “The HKS 3 represents an optimum that can be achieved with wooden gliders. Ernst-Günter Haase won the world championship in the open class with the HKS 3 in 1958. "
personal data
SURNAME Kensche, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and aircraft manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldenburg , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1970
Place of death Uhingen- Holzhausen