Krupp-Flettner large vehicles
The Krupp Flettner large vehicle was developed in 1930 by Anton Flettner . It consisted of a single-axle Krupp motor vehicle and a coupled four-axle trailer with the usable area. It was driven by the two rear axles with a drive shaft leading from the motor vehicle with three cardan joints . The first two axles of the utility vehicle (axis 2 and 3) were automatically operated by the linkage of the conventionally steered motor vehicle. This should reduce the effort of the driver and increase operational safety.
A prototype was produced until 1931 and presented at the Berlin Motor Show. The 13.74 m long vehicle was then used by KVG Sachsen , at that time the largest manufacturer of motor buses in Germany, to transport gas cylinders. The gigantic construction of a five-axle large car for the postal service , which was planned in the mid-1930s, was no longer implemented.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Hock : Flettner, Anton in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon (article as of November 21, 2014). Query date: May 31, 2017.
- ^ Friedrich Krupp AG. In: omnibusarchiv.de. October 15, 2011, accessed May 31, 2017 .